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[edit] Factual Errors
Irving Berlin DID NOT write this song for Kate Smith. According to the entry "God Bless America" on Wikipedia, he wrote it for a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, a tribute to the U.S. Army during World War I. The year given was circa 1917-1918. He decided not to use it in the revue at that time, substituting "We're on our way to France" instead. He decided to revise and release it in 1938 and chose Kate Smith to introduce it via a radio broadcast on November 11th, 1938 then called, Armistice Day. Kate Smith DID sing "God Bless America" in the 1943 Warner Bros. production of This is the Army. T.E. Goodwin 06:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
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