Kammala wannan jumla: An kafa kungiyar ne a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, a 1942, ta hanyar sojoji hudu da ke aiki a Amurka
Yankin Canal na Panama <unk> Bob Sprague (na farko tenor), Harry Gedicke (na biyu tenor), Harry Shuman (baritone), da kuma shirya da kuma jagorantar mawaƙa George Becker. A karkashin sunan The Velvetones sun zagaya sansanoni a Panama kuma sun bayyana a cikin shirin mako-mako a Cibiyar Rediyon Sojoji.