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There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere is a patriotic anthem written in 1942 by Paul Roberts and Shelby Darnell (a pseudonym for producer Bob Miller). The song was written during World War II and was enjoyed its greatest popularity during the war years. The somewhere in the title of the song refers to an idealistic version of heaven reserved for the brave U.S. soldiers fighting the Axis Powers, somewhat akin to the concept of Valhalla. The verses are a narrative of a young man who is crippled, but still yearns to fight and earn his place in this patriotic afterlife.

Another version of this song has been recorded by Red River Dave in 1960 and called Ballad of Francis Powers. This is a song about the U.S. flier, Francis Gary Powers, who has been shot down on a spy mission over Soviet territory and taken POW; he is shown singing There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere in prison.

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Patriotic music of the United States
America the Beautiful Ballad of the Green Berets Battle Cry of Freedom The Battle Hymn of the Republic Blood on the Risers Columbia, Gem of the Ocean Dixie Eternal Father, Strong to Save Fanfare for the Common Man For The Dear Old Flag, I Die God Bless America God Bless the USA Hail, Columbia Hail to the Chief Home on the Range The Liberty Bell Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee National Emblem Over There PT-109 Stars and Stripes Forever The Star-Spangled Banner There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving This is My Country This Land Is Your Land The Washington Post March Yankee Doodle The Yankee Doodle Boy You're a Grand Old Flag Fifty Nifty United States When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Armed services: The Army Goes Rolling Along Anchors Aweigh The U.S. Air Force Marines' hymn Semper fidelis Semper Paratus

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945

Year 1942 (MCMXLII
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Paul Roberts (born in England, 31 December, 1959), is the ex-lead singer of the British punk/new wave band The Stranglers. He replaced Hugh Cornwell in 1990, appeared on and co-wrote The Stranglers studio albums Stranglers In the Night, About Time, Written in Red, Coup de Grace
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Robert Miller or Bob Miller may refer to:
  • In sports:
  • Robert J Miller, Hampshire (England) Boxer and local MP 1928-1929.
  • Bob Miller (19th-century pitcher) (1862-1931), a baseball pitcher in 1890-91

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Allied powers:
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
...et al.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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United States Armed Forces is the military service of the United States and is structured into five branches.
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. Marine Corps
  • U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S.

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Axis Powers, also interpreted as Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those countries opposed to the Allies during World War II.
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Valhalla (Old Norse Valhöll, "Hall of the slain") is Odin's hall in Norse mythology, located in Gladsheim and is the home for those slain gloriously in battle (known as Einherjar) who are welcomed by Bragi and escorted to Valhalla by the valkyries.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
1957 1958 1959 - 1960 - 1961 1962 1963

Year 1960 (MCMLX
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Francis "Frank" Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960.
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POW is a three-letter acronym and may refer to:
  • Prisoner of War, a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict
  • Polish Military Organisation, the Polish Military Organisation active before and during World War I

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American patriotic music owes its origins to four main wars — the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and the Spanish American War. During the period prior to American independence, much of America's patriotic music was aligned with the political
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Published 1895 (poem)
Writer(s) Katharine Lee Bates
Composer(s) Samuel A. Ward

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"America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song.
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Released 1966
Genre Ballad, Patriotic
Label RCA Victor
Writer(s) Robin Moore and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

"Ballad of the Green Berets" is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special force in the U.S. Army.
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Battle Cry of Freedom is a song written in 1862 by American composer George F. Root (1825–1895) during the American Civil War. A patriotic song advocating the cause of the Union, it became so popular that composer H. L. Schreiner and lyricist W. H.
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"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic anthem, written by Julia Ward Howe in December 1861, that was made popular during the American Civil War.

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The tune was written, around 1855, by South Carolinian William Steffe.
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"Blood on the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II. It is sung by the United States 82nd Airborne Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the United States 101st Airborne Division.
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"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" is a United States patriotic song which was popular in the 19th and early 20th century. It was used on occasion as an unofficial national anthem in competition with "Hail, Columbia" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" until the latter's formal adoption
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"Dixie", also known as "I Wish I Was in Dixie", "Dixie's Land" and other titles, is a popular American song. It is one of the most distinctively American musical products of the 19th century,[1]
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"Eternal Father, Strong to Save", is a hymn often associated with the Royal Navy or the United States Navy. Accordingly, it is often known as the Royal Navy Hymn or the United States Navy Hymn (or just The Navy Hymn
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Fanfare for the Common Man is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century American classical music. One of composer Aaron Copland's most popular works, the fanfare is a short piece scored for brass and percussion written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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For The Dear Old Flag, I Die is a U.S. Civil War song. It was originally a poem written by George Cooper. The music by Stephen Foster was later added in. The song interprets the last words of a brave little drummer boy who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Published 1918, 1938 (revised)
Genre Patriotic
Writer(s) Irving Berlin

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938.
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Released 1984
Genre Patriotic, Country
Writer(s) Lee Greenwood
Peak chart positions
  • 7 (U.S. Country; 1984 entry)
  • 16 (U.S.

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Hail, Columbia" was the unofficial national anthem of the United States until its replacement in 1931 by the officially mandated "Star-Spangled Banner". It was originally composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the inauguration of George Washington, titled "The President's March",
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"Hail to the Chief" is the official anthem of the President of the United States. The song accompanies the President at almost every public appearance. The U.S. Department of Defense made "Hail to the Chief" the official music to announce the President of the United States in 1954.
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Home on the Range is the state song of Kansas. Dr. Brewster M. Higley originally wrote the words in a poem called "My Western Home." He wrote it in the early 1870s in Smith County, Kansas.
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"The Liberty Bell" is an American military march composed by famous bandmaster John Philip Sousa in 1893[1], and is considered one of his finest works. Many people associate it with the British comedy television show, Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Lift Every Voice and Sing — often called "The Negro National Anthem" — was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1900.
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"My Country, 'Tis of Thee," also known as America, is an American patriotic song, whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The melody was derived from the British national anthem, God Save the King, by way of a German adaptation.
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