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Feb. 19, 2008

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Do you remember Mitch Miller? Well, here’s a little nostalgia sent to us by a reader. It’s the “US Air Force Blue” song from 1957 by the Mitch Miller Orchestra and singers, set to film clips by the Air Force. (video/sound clip)

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