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Every Friday evening over NBC radio airwaves – or short-wave overseas – homesick troops during World War II were told to “drop in at the canteen” for comforting chat and songs by a pretty, young actress named Phyllis Jeanne Creore.
“Here is your Canteen girl, Phyllis Jeanne,” a voice would say, and then Ms. Creore’s tender voice would croon the comforting lyrics to her signature (and self-written) song “This is My Wish.”
The Canteen Girl is no longer on the air but she is still welcoming the occasional visitor. She is 97 and lives – for 60 years now – alone in a six-room, elegantly furnished apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking the Central Park Reservoir...
Full story: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/canteen-girl-by-kilgannon/
“Here is your Canteen girl, Phyllis Jeanne,” a voice would say, and then Ms. Creore’s tender voice would croon the comforting lyrics to her signature (and self-written) song “This is My Wish.”
The Canteen Girl is no longer on the air but she is still welcoming the occasional visitor. She is 97 and lives – for 60 years now – alone in a six-room, elegantly furnished apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking the Central Park Reservoir...
Full story: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/canteen-girl-by-kilgannon/
