Archive for the ‘Cavalcade of America’ category

Pastor Martin Niemoller stands against Hitler. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: April 19, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Allied success in New Guinea is hampered by the Japanese getting unexplained new supplies. A Major from Texas thinks he knows how the Japanese are doing it: with mules. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: August 16, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.

The story of Navy chaplain on Guadalcanal. Original Air Date: July 12, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 129: Sky Nursemaid

March 27th, 2014

A look at air evacuations by nurses on Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: June 28, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 122: Fat Girl

March 20th, 2014

A much derided tanker survives Pearl Harbor to provide desperately needed oil until the Japanese attack. From Cavalcade of America.  Original Air Date: May 10, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

A pharmacist’s mate waits home for training and then once aboard a small submarine, he has to perform surgery. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air date: May 24, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Paratroopers go on a secret mission with one trooper who has issues with jumping out of planes. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date:  April 26, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

A nurse falls in love in the midst of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.  From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date:  October 5, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

A night’s happenings on a submarine. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: January 11, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Former US Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew speaks on the war in the Pacific on Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: September 14, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 060: The Flying Tigers

January 16th, 2014

A man joins the ace pilots who protected the Chinese from Japanense attacks,  with dollar signs in his eyes, but soon he finds something else to fight for. From the Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: January 25, 1943

A story of incredible courage as a man escapes a Nazi concentration camp to rejoin the fight. Original Air Date: March 6, 1944

Episode 039: Eagle to Britain

December 26th, 2013

The story of men transporting planes to Great Britain in the early day of the US involvement in the war. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: September 21, 1942

A group of overseas soldiers gets a present from a variety troupe: America.   Original Air Date: December 25, 1944

A nativity play written by Stephen Vincent Benet. From the Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: December 20, 1943