Bette Davis served the desserts. Marlene Dietrich and Lauren Bacall danced the night away. Red Skelton told the jokes and Bing Crosby crooned. The place was The Stage Door Canteen and the guests were the steady stream of GIs headed off to war. Many were leaving home for the first time and the Canteens offered a welcome opportunity to forget their anxieties, if only for a time, with entertainment, fellowship and a little American spirit.

The National World War II Museum in New Orleans honors this memorable war-time tradition in our very own Stage Door Canteen, an exciting new entertainment and dining destination.

This CD takes you back to that time with wonderful wartime favorites such as: Waitin' for the Train To Come In by Harry James and His Orchestra; Kiss the Boys Goodbye by Ginny Simms; We'll Meet Again by The Charioteers, and much much more.

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