Episode 103: Amy Lou Goes to War

February 28th, 2014

The Mayor stands besides Amy Lou, a local nurse, known as a tomboy who heads off to war as a nurse. From Mayor of the Town. Original Air Date:  September 20, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.  

A dramatic presentation of the early stages of the battle against Nazi U-boats. From Battle Stations. Original Air Date: August 5, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 101: Last Letter Home

February 26th, 2014

This episode of Destination Freedom focuses on Wilbur Evans and the 332nd Fighter Group. Original Air Date:  August 13, 1950 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 100: My Favorite Blonde

February 25th, 2014

A vaudeville performer (Bob Hope) with a trained penguin gets mixed up with a female British agent who needs to deliver an encoded jewel to Los Angeles. Original Air Date: October 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 099: Your Air Forces

February 24th, 2014

Jimmy Stewart narrates this look at America’s air forces. Original Air Date: April 4, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

A band remote from the Hotel Zanzibar that aired over WEAF featuring Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots. Original Air Date: February 28, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 097: Jubilee (#065)

February 22nd, 2014

Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, and Burns and Allen appear on Jubilee. Original Air Date: February 14, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 096: Occupied Paris

February 21st, 2014

From Big Town. Steve Wilson and Loreli  are in Europe covering the war and are  mis-directed from Vichy to Nazi occupied Paris to catch an old friend of Wilson’s who is aiding the underground. Original Air Date: May 14, 1942   Click here to add to Itunes.

The story of Doris Miller, Ship’s mess attendant and Pearl Harbor hero. From Destination Freedom. Original Air Date: December 5, 1948 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 094: K-9 Corps

February 19th, 2014

From Man Behind the Gun, a jockey has to learn to train dogs for war. Original Air Date: June 6, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Edward G. Robinson appears on Eddie Cantor’s It’s Time to Smile. Original Air Date: March 31, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

The wife of a newly enlisted US Soldiers meets Hitler on a country road in New York State. From Plays for Americans.  Original Air Date: June 21, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.  

Episode091: Jubilee (#050)

February 16th, 2014

An all-soldier show from Jubilee. Original Air Date: November 1, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.  

Episode 090: Jubilee (#048)

February 15th, 2014

Erskine Hawkins and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson appear. Original Air Date: October 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

The story of one nurse’s struggle against prejudice to get into the Army Nurse Corps. Original Air Date: April 22, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.