In early 1942, just months after Pearl Harbor was attacked in December 1941 and the U.S. entered World War II, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Many big-band musicians and several bandleaders did the same out of patriotism.
According to Artie Shaw: His Life and Music (1998), by John White, Shaw's first naval duty in 1942 …
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