Missing in Action (Whereabouts Unknown)

Annotation

Missing in Action ("Whereabouts Unknown") (Dees, Ashley) Traditional pop. 1960 - built up to Vietnam War. References WW2 and Korea but not Vietnam.12Sources145cat↩2Billboard, 3 October 1960↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Oh where is the boy who in cruel wars gone by, Fought the fight, bled and died to keep Old Glory waving high? Is he 'neath the poppy fields of France, or flowers in Bougainville, Or somewhere in Korea, in an unmarked grave so still?

Notes

Star-Win 45-7002 B, cream label with blue print, Star-Win Record Corp., Scottsdale, Arizona; "Missing in Action ("Whereabouts Unknown")" (Ashley Dees), vocal with string combo, Scottsdale Publ. Co., BMI, 2:47. The picture sleeve front shows a photograph of a battleship burning and sinking at Pearl Harbor, headed "Beneath Pearl Harbor Waters by Ashley Dees", Star-Win Recordings, Scottsdale, Arizona, with the text "Especially written by Ashley Dees to commemorate 'The Arizona and its crew, eleven hundred and two', lest we forget 'the courage they displayed and the sacrifice they made'", and "Also Missing in Action". The back, headed "U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Foundation Presents Recordings", prints the full lyrics of both songs, signed Ashley Dees, with "These Songs Property of Scottsdale Publishing Co." and "This record given to a contributor to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Foundation."…

Themes

Patriotic · M.I.A. · WW2 · Korea

In collections

P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]