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May 19, 1953
Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky record "A Dear John Letter" on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, at the Capitol Studios
Jun 15, 1953
Capitol releases Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky's "A Dear John Letter"
Aug 3, 1953
Jack Cardwell records "Dear Joan"
Aug 20, 1953
Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky record "Forgive Me, John" during an afternoon session at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles
Sep 14, 1953
Capitol releases the Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky duet "Forgive Me John"
Sep 20, 1953
Roy Acuff kicks off a one-month tour of Pacific military bases, sponsored by the USO, just two months after the close of the Korean War. Moon Mullican sits in with the Smoky Mountain Boys
Oct 20, 1953
Roy Acuff closes a one-month USO tour of the Pacific, where he performed for soldiers in Korea and Japan, among other locations. Moon Mullican also took part as a member of Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
Feb 24, 1954
Guitar player Tommy Tomlinson receives an honorable discharge after serving for three years with the Marines during the Korean War. Tomlinson suffered injuries to both his legs during his service
May 10, 1958
Robert Mitchum stars as the war-themed picture "Thunder Road" debuts in theaters. The film will be memorialized in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
Aug 26, 1958
Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner star as the Korean War film "The Hunters" premieres in New York City. The title appears in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
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