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(Note: Fixed damaged video - but you might need to refresh your page to make it work.)
I suppose this could be considered a forerunner to the Marines' 12 Days of Christmas video. Of course, their grandfathers in Korea didn't have YouTube - didn't have television even.
The following video is compiled from excerpts of Bing Crosby's 1951 Christmas Special. That was a radio program - not television (and yeah, it's before my time, even). "Back in those days," (grandpa Simpson voice) "we watched television with our ears, and we called it ray-dee-ooh..."
The centerpiece of the show - a Christmas poem written by a Lt Col serving somewhere in Korea. While this is an edited down version of the broadcast, that reading was immediately followed by the song - just as included here.
Of course, what wasn't included were the pictures - I got to pick those out, including the Chesterfield ads. (Mild - with no unpleasant aftertaste!)
Yep - times have changed.
You can find the full broadcast archived here. (With lot's more music, witty banter, and Chesterfield plugs.)
And you'll find many of the Korean War combat photos I used in this project here.
(And click the computer monitor icon at the bottom of the video player if you prefer a readable, full screen view.)