[Milsurplus] "The song of the Signal Corps" (march)

[BSugarberg]

Hello,

Here is some Signal Corps history, from the Civil War to WW2:

http://www.smecc.org/signal_corps_song.htm

Here is the actual music, plus some more history:
[Scroll down to "Music (Signal Corps)"].

http://www.gordon.army.mil/ac/articles/specint.htm#The%20Dave%20Fiedler%20Collection

73, Bruce WA8TNC
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Thekan, Paul wrote:
>  With some recent talk on music from the war I was reminded of set of 
> records I bought at a thrift store some years back of patriotic marches 
> and such produced during the war. One of the recording titles was the 
> aforementioned Song of the Signal Corp by Mrs Dawson Olmstead. I’m 
> thinking she is the wife of General Olmstead who was in charge of the 
> Signal Corps for a period of time during the War. There is a refrain 
> that I remember from this recording that goes “ the sun never sets on 
> our shortwave sets”
>
> Has anyone else ever heard of this song??? I’ll try and find the record 
> in time to take to the MRCG here in May. Maybe Dennis , W7QHO, will let 
> us play it over the PA.
> 
> Paul
> 
> N6FEG