The War
Summary: Follow America's journey from isolationism to Pearl Harbor and V-J day through old time radio. Host Adam Graham is your guide through speeches, public affairs programs, comedies, dramas, and more. Hear the story of World War 2 told through the golden age of radio.
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The episode of Your Hit Parade. Original Air Date: August 4, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
The last survivor of a battle with the Japanese in New Guinea tries to stay alive. From New World A Coming. Original Air Date: May 27, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
From The Doctor Fights, the story of a Marine Doctor treating amputees including an Air Force pilot who wants to fly again. Original Air Date: June 19, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
The story of love and duty between an army nurse and a Marine in the Pacific from Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: June 4, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore do their show for the Seventh War Loan from the Paramount Theater. Original Air Date: June 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
The Pacific Story takes a look at a history of Japan’s air power and speculation about what they might be holding in reserve against. Original Air Date July 22, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
An episode of Your Hit Parade. Original Air Date: July 7, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Dr. Christian’s secretary gets a call from a soldier looking for a date. Original Air Date: June 20, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
This episode of New World A Comin’ features interviews with six Black New Yorkers talking about their hopes for the future after World War II. Original Air Date: May 20, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Observance of the end of VE Day with Pat O’Brien, Charles Boyer, and more. Original Air Date: May 13, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
CBS Special by Norman Corwin looks back at VE Day: Who we defeated, what it costs, what we learned, and how another war can be avoided. Original Air Date: May 13, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
VE News reports from NBC News featuring HV Kaltenborn, President Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Original Air Date: May 7 and 8 ,1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Eddie Anderson, Arthur Treacher, and more appear in this episode of GI Journal from May 4, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
An all-star cast including Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, and Bob Hope perform a comic operate to at last have Dick Tracy marry Tess Truehart. Original Air Date: February 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Sherlock Holmes and Watson take a trip to Flanders on the eve of a great battle of World War I. Holmes finds treachery and espionage afoot. Original Air Date: May 14, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
