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Mar 14, 1943
"I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" songwriter Arthur Q. Smith receives a discharge from the Army just two months after he enlisted
Apr 1, 1943
Guitarist Lonnie Wilson, of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, begins service with the U.S. Navy, in which he serves as a radar technician in the South Pacific
Apr 4, 1943
Skeets McDonald joins the Medical 69th General Hospital, treating World War II soldiers in North Africa, India and Okinawa
Jul 10, 1943
Woody Guthrie is stationed along with fellow folk singer Cisco Houston on the S.S. Travis, which begins a three-week deployment at Gibraltar. Two months later, the ship is torpedoed by a German submarine
Jul 27, 1943
The Army discharges Bob Wills, branded unfit for service
Aug 2, 1943
PT-109 is rammed by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean. PT skipper John F. Kennedy saves 10 sailors by leading them to an island after the incident. Jimmy Dean celebrates the event in 1962 with his hit "P.T. 109"
Nov 14, 1943
Having already served once during World War II, Woody Guthrie receives a second induction notice. The singer/songwriter protests, but is forced to return to duty
Dec 7, 1943
Singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie begins his second round of World War II service on a ship, signing up with the S.S. Oliver Hazard Perry. Three days later, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is transferred to the S.S. Woodrow Wilson
Mar 15, 1944
Drafted for service in the Canadian Army, an intoxicated Hank Snow reports for his physical. Told to come back sober the next day, Snow's X-rays reveal a lung problem created by a childhood bout with pleurisy. Snow is rejected for service
Apr 17, 1944
Fiddler Tommy Jackson enlists in the Army, becoming an airborne tailgunner in the Pacific. Following World War II, he plays on scores of country hits by Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and Ray Price, among others
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