Who wrote the Army Song?

• A. John Philip Sousa
• B. Francis Scott Key
• C. Irving Berlin
• D. Glenn Miller

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is identifying who wrote a song closely tied to the Army in its wartime morale-building era. Irving Berlin wrote the WWII-era piece This Is the Army, Mr. Jones, a full score in which he wrote the music and lyrics and performed for troops. This song became strongly associated with the Army and is the reason Berlin is the correct answer in many trivia contexts.

John Philip Sousa is famed for the Army’s traditional march style and many military marches, but not this particular song. Francis Scott Key penned the Star-Spangled Banner, not an Army morale song. Glenn Miller led famous military bands and produced memorable Army-related music, but he did not author this song.