After a grueling day that left both Elder and myself gasping for breath as we both discovered that we had no recordings of Beverly from "Reveille with Beverly." The initial article in the thread looks like Jean Ruth Hay was responsible for Reveille and GI Jive. The more we looked, the less likely that seemed.
Now it can be revealed that both these swingin' sweeties were separate people, confirmed by photos and sound samples of their broadcasts. To my relatively modern ears, Jill sounds like the more pulchritudinous* of the two, but I imagine if I were on a submarine for a month with no sight of anything female my resistance to either might be futile
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So here they are: from "Reveille with Beverly," Jean Ruth Hay:
her voice:
http://files.filefront.com/Beverly+f.../fileinfo.html
And Martha Wilkerson, GI Jill of "GI Jive":
her voice:
http://files.filefront.com/GI+Jill+f.../fileinfo.html
I'll take Jill, but I understand that Beverly aged better. Both are gone now, but their contribution to the war effort was not trivial. When death looks you in the eye and winks at you it's time to remember why you fight. Listening to these two would remove all doubt: bootie and wenches!
America the beautiful indeed!
Note: Now Fred needs to see if he can come up with some "Reveille with Beverly" shows and plug them into the right radio station.
*how's that for a $200 word? If you can't think of a good word make one up!