NBC Words At War Episode 14 “Since You Went Away“ Released September 16, 1943. Using a script that was later made into a classic wartime movie, this is a touching, beautiful story about the women left behind as the men go off to war. Since You Went Away is based on a book by Margaret Buell […]
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NBC Words At War Episode 12 “Dynamite Cargo” Released September 2, 1943. An exciting story of the life of a sailor in “Torpedo Alley”, the London to Murmansk run. Jackson Beck plays the part of U.S. able seaman Fred Herman who wrote a book called Dynamite Cargo. Most of what you will hear was written
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Words At War “Guys On the Ground“ Released December 6, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “The Guys On The Ground”. The story of the “Coughin’ Coffin,” a de-jinxed B-26. How ground crew members keep ’em flying with
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Words At War “ Camp Follower“ Released November 29, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Camp Follower” by Barbara Klaw. The story of an army wife determined to stay near her husband at a small town army base.
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NBC Words At War Episode 10 Malta Spitfire” Released August 21, 1943. This is the story of one of the greatest living fighter pilots, Flying Officer George F Burling, a 21 year old boy, one of a handful who saved Malta in her time of peril. This is told by Flying Officer George F Burling and
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Words At War “ Barriers Down“ Released November 21, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Barriers Down,” by Kent Cooper, press association manager, who speaks at conclusion of dramatization on “World-Wide Freedom of the Press in Peace Treaties.”
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NBC Words At War Episode 8 Love At First Flight” Released August 14, 1943. The funny and musical portrait of the making of a Naval Aviator, Lester Dowd. Adapted from the book “Love At First Flight by Charles Folding and Ottis Conner. Take a look at these other WWII Posts: J.R.R. Tolkien WW2
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Words At War “ One Damn Thing After Another“ Released November 14, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “One Damn Thing After Another”. The humorous adventures of Tom Traynor, a war correspondent for NBC and the Los Angeles
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NBC Words at War Episode 7 “Prisoner of the Japs” This is the story of an American newspaperwoman who happened to be in Hong Kong on the day the Japanese attacked, and what happened to her as a “prisoner of the Japs.” The author appears after the drama and comments about the Japanese during the
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Words At War “Still Time To Die“ Released October 24, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Still Time To Die”. A grisly portrait of Japanese atrocities during the war against China. Also, what “really happened” during the invasion
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