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- ↑ Mastro, Frank (December 30, 1942). "Show Marines' Drill Program in New Picture". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ↑ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ↑ Hemenez, Richard L. (June 2001). The United States Marine Corps in books and the performing arts. McFarland. pp. 623–. ISBN 9780786407583 . Retrieved January 7, 2013.
This salute to the Corps musicians received a 1942 Academy Award nomination for Short Film (one reel) along with Marines in the Making...
- ↑ Polesie, Herbert (December 26, 1942), Marines in the Making (Documentary, Short), Pete Smith, R. E. 'Dick' Hanley, Charles Horvath, Loew's, retrieved June 17, 2024
