Radio Memories

WORDS AT WAR

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     First heard on NBC beginning on 06/24/43 it continued for a total of 98 broadcasts ending on 06/05/45.  It was used as a full summer replacement program for Tritj Or Consequences (07/17/43 until 08/4/43), and then for Fibber McGee And Molly (06/27/44 until 10/03/44).  The series gave the listeners war stories, told by the men and women who have seen them happen.  A powerful series, the following tapes are missing only a few broadcasts.  Host for the series was first Carl Van Doren and later Clifton Fadiman.  Many well known actors and actress were heard throughout the series.  Among those heard were Everett Sloane, Mandel Kramer, Frank Lovejoy, Karl Weber, Ed Begley, Wendell Holmes, Santos Ortega, Lawson Zerbe, Luis Van Rooten, Joan Alexander, Fay Baker, Lon Clark,  Richard Widmark, and Jackson Beck.
 
C08913 06/24/43 # 1 Combined Operations
              07/10/43 # 3 They Call It Pacific
 
C08914 07/17/43 # 4 The Last Days Of Sevestopol  (drop-outs)
              07/24/43 # 5 The Ship
 
C08915 07/31/43 # 6 Firm Hands, Silent People
              08/07/43 # 7 Prisoner Of The Japs
 
C08916 08/14/43 # 8 Love At First Flight
              08/19/43 # 9 Last Days Of Sevestopol
 
C08917 08/21/43 #10 Malta Spitfire
              09/02/43 #12 Dynamite Cargo  w/Jackson Beck
 
C08918 09/16/43 #14 Since You Went Away
              09/23/43 #15 They Shall Not Have Me
 
C08919 09/30/43 #16 Battle Hymn Of China
              10/05/43 #17 Eighty Three Days
 
C08920 10/12/43 #18 Paris Underground
              10/19/43 #19 Shortcut To Tokyo  (Christmas Program)
 
C08921 10/26/43 #20 Who Dare To Live
              11/02/43 #21 Here Is Your War  By Ernie Pyle
 
C08922 11/09/43 #22 To All Hands
              11/23/43 #24 Escape From The Balkins  w/Robert St. John
 
C08923 11/30/43 #25 Hail Caesar (El Duce)
              12/07/43 #26 Book Of War Letters
 
C08924 12/14/43 #27 Mother America  w/Jackson Beck, Bernard Lenrow
                                       (Bill Of Rights Week)
              12/21/43 #28 Log Book - British Merchant Marine
 
C08925 12/28/43 #29 Ninth Commandment - Invasion Of Holland
              01/04/44 #30 They Shall Inherit The Earth
 
C08926 01/11/44 #31 Eighty Three Days
              01/18/44 #32 War Tide
 
C08927 01/25/44 #33 Condition Red
              02/01/44 #34 White Brigade
 
C08928 02/08/44 #35 George Washington Carver w/Fredric March, Canada Lee
              02/15/44 #36 The New Sun
 
C08929 02/22/44 #37 Assignment USA
              03/07/44 #39 Weeping Wood (Abrupt ending)
 
C08930 03/14/44 #40 Science At War
              03/21/44 #41 Der Feuhrer
 
C08931 03/28/44 #42 A Bell For Adano
              04/04/44 #43 Assignment USA
                                       (Repeat of 02/22/44 because of comments about it
                                        made by Variety Magazine)
 
C08932 04/11/44 #44 Wild River
              04/18/44 #45 Silence Of The Seas
 
C08933 05/02/44 #47 Curtain Rises
              05/09/44 #48 Gunners Get Glory
 
C08934 05/16/44 #49 Lifeline
              05/23/44 #50 Lend Lease - Weapon For Victory
 
C08935 05/30/44 #51 The Navy Hunts The CGR 3070
              06/27/44 #52 Fair Stood The Winds Of France
 
C08936 07/04/44 #53 War Criminals And Punishment
              07/11/44 #54 Captain Retread
 
C08937 07/18/44 #55 War Below Zero w/Clifton Fadiman Subs For Carl Van Doren
              07/25/44 #56 Lost Island  w/Clifton Fadiman Subs For Carl Van Doren
 
C08938 08/01/44 #57 Headquarters Budapest w/Clifton Fadiman Subs For Carl Van Doren
              08/08/44 #58 Nazi's Go Underground w/Clifton Fadiman Subs For Carl Van Doren
 
C08939 08/29/44 #61 Simone w/Clifton Fadiman Subs For Carl Van Doren
              09/05/44 #62 The Veteran Comes Back
 
C08940 09/12/44 #63 One Man Air Force
              09/26/44 #65 Journey Through Chaos
 
C08941 10/03/44 #66 Pacific Victory, 1945
              10/10/44 #67 The Veteran Comes Back
 
C08942 10/24/44 #69 Still Time To Die
              11/14/44 #71 One Thing After Another
 
C08943 11/21/44 #72 Barriers Down
              11/28/44 #73 Camp Follower
 
C08944 12/05/44 #74 The Guys On The Ground
              12/12/44 #75 Your School, Your Children
 
C08945 12/19/44 #76 The Cross And The Arrow
                                        w/Narrator - Bernard Lenrow (Christmas Program)
              12/26/44 #77 Scape Goats In History / History Of Bigotry In The United States
 
C08946 01/02/45 #78 It's Always Bright Tomorrow
              01/09/45 #79 Borrowed Nights
 
C08947 01/16/45 #80 Verdict On India
              01/23/45 #81 The Story Of A Secret State
 
C08948 02/13/45 #83 What To Do With Germany
              02/20/45 #84 Battle Report - Pearl Harbor To The Coral Sea
 
C08949 02/27/45 #85 Faith Of Our Fathers
              03/06/45 #86 Rainbow
 
C08950 03/13/45 #87 Can Do
              03/20/45 #88 Tomorrow We'll See
 
C08951 03/27/45 #89 Banshee Harvest
              04/03/45 #90 Full Employment In A Free Society
 
C08952 04/10/45 #91 Apartment In Athens (Clipped Ending)
              04/17/45 #92 They Left The Back Door Open
 
C08953 04/24/45 #93 Brave Men (Ernie Pyle Tribute)
              05/01/45 #94 The Hide Out  w/Arnold Moss
 
C08954 05/15/45 #95 The Road To Curftom w/Louie Van Rooten
              05/22/45 #96 Wartime Racketeers
 
C08955 05/29/45 #97 Soldier To Civilian
              06/05/45 #98 My Country
                   (Final Show Of The Series)