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 Nearly 600 men and women from The Juilliard School served their country in the Armed Forces during World War II. The VVV News was published by the School during wartime for those alumni who had been (or still were) in the service, and provides a fascinating overview of their dedication overseas and their on-the-ground, close-up view of the war.
Though the Juilliard Archives only contains issues published between 1944-45, the newspaper was distributed overseas for a period of three and a half years. It was also distributed within Juilliard itself, enabling the School's current students to share in the news.
This month's Past Times reprint is an article from the March 1945 issue: a report by Moreland Kortkamp ('44, piano), one of the five young women who made up the first group of American classical musicians to be sent overseas by the U.S.O. to entertain American troops.
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