WW2 Male Bonding in the EEUU/ USA Empire, yet more evidence

During World War II, as the historian John Ibson has shown, American military men would enjoy a brief revival of the old intimacies. Thrown together on ships or in foreign countries, they celebrated male camaraderie in ways that might shock us today. Consider “My Buddy,” a popular song of the era, in which one soldier mourns the absence of the other:


Nights are long since you went away
I think about you all through the day
Miss your voice, the touch of your hand
I long to know that you’ll understand
My buddy, my buddy
Your buddy misses you


Chet Baker's version:

Bobby Darin has two versions, the earlier is to a male, the later is a duet with and to Doris Day, which allows for a changed lyric, and bastardized reading. Lena Horne also has a version, totally feminized.

East Side Kids; l-r: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall

There is also a series of films made by Monogram pictures, called East Side Kids, Dead End Kids, and the like, starring Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall... these feature poor white urban kids in a gang, in high drama about how much they love each other and such...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWDFbKhm_WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Yn39J6C4I&feature=fvst

My Buddy- Phlip
East Side Kids- Joaquin