Can you feel the draft?


George Gershwin's World War 1 draft card. From the US National Archives, Atlanta. John Ogdon programmed Gershwin alongside Boulez and Szymanowski. Read more in The Real Piano Man.

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Pliable said…
BT writes:

Just have a look. You will find Louis Armstrong & Irving Berlin as well.

http://www.archives.gov/southeast/wwi-draft/

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