American Military News by Ryan Morgan July 26, 2020
By July of 1942, the United States had been involved in the second world war for less than eight months when cowboy actor and radio personality Gene Autry decided to put his show on hold and enlist in the war effort.
On July 26, 1942, during a live broadcast of his radio show, “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch,†Autry invited Col. Edward F. Shaffer to swear him into the U.S. Army Air Corps, the predecessor of the modern U.S. Air Force.
Autry spent the first 19 minutes of his 30 minute radio program paying tribute to his belief in the American way of life and his willingness to fight on behalf of the U.S. in the war against Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
In the moments before enlisting, Autry described a skit conversation with the figure of Uncle Sam, saying he asked the symbolic character of American patriotism why the U.S. was fighting in World War II. Autry said Uncle Sam pointed to a “long piece of paper,†which Autry then recited as the preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
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