The stage play Armistice and Dedication Day was written by (then future) Academy Award winning songwriter, Robert B. Sherman. Sherman was only sixteen years of age when the play premiered in 1942 at the height of the Second World War. The production yielded thousands of dollars worth in War Bonds earning Sherman a special citation from the War Department. A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Robert B. Sherman (born December 19, 1925) (see also: Sherman Brothers) is an Academy Award-winning American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard M. Sherman. ... This article is about the year. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Categories: Stub ... War Department may refer to the military establishments of several different countries: British War Department Confederate War Department United States Department of War, under the leadership of the United States Secretary of War (until 1947) See also: defense minister This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other...

The plot centers around the lives of contemporary 1940s Americans and was premiered in Beverly Hills at the Beverly Hills High School theatre. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... Beverly Hills High School (usually abbreviated as Beverly) is the only public high school in Beverly Hills, California. ...

Sherman himself enlisted in the United States Infantry in 1943 where he received two Battle Stars, a Combat Infantryman Badge, a Good Conduct Medal, a European Theater Ribbon and a Purple Heart medal. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. An infantry is a body of soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Combat Infantryman Badge The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is an award of the United States Army which is presented to those officers, warrant officers and enlisted soldiers, in the grade of Colonel and below, who participate in active ground combat while assigned as a member of an infantry or special... The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military decorations of the United States military. ... The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in, or with, the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. ...

Following the war, Sherman attended Bard College in upstate New York where he majored in Literature and Painting. Sherman went on to have an illustrious songwriting career winning Oscars, Grammys and many other awards. In 2005 Sherman was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. For other meanings of the word Bard, see Bard (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music... The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ...