Ninety years ago this month, our soldiers in France were fighting in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. October 8 was the anniversary of Alvin York's incredible feat of capturing 132 German soldiers, while fighting single-handeldly against their machine gun nests.
'Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land' was popularized by Al Jolson, who introduced it in "Sinbad" at the New York Winter Garden. This recording is by Elsie Baker, an early recording artist. She used the pseudonym Edna Brown for her less serious records, and that is the name she recorded this song under.
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