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Aired: 1943 - 1945

An anthology of war stories, "told by the men and women who have seen them happen."

Produced in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime, Words at War promised "stories of the battlefronts, of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, of underground warfare, of the home front, of action on the seas." Each show was to be "a living record of this war and the things for which we fight."

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Please enjoy these old time radio shows:

Air Date Title Synopsis
 1943-12-07  26 Book Of War Letters

Program #26. NBC net. "A Book Of War Letters". Sustaining. Dramatizations of letters sent home by G. I.'s on duty overseas. Carl Emory, William Malten, John Griggs, Bartlett Robinson, Alan Debit, Cherry Hardy, Red Evans, Joseph Julian, Ren Ying Yeng, Larry Haines, William Meeder (music adaptor, performer), Anton M. Leader (director), Jack Costello (announcer), Harry E. Mall (editor), Nora Sterling (adaptor). 
 1943-12-14  27 Mother America

+ Program #27. NBC net. "Mother America". Sustaining. How our country treated the Philippines after taking possession of the islands. The story of the way the common man was treated with equality. Carlos Romulo (author), Gerald Holland (adaptor), Jackson Beck, Joe DeSantis, Roger De Koven, Alan Debit, Julian Noa, Bernard Lenrow, Frank Papp (director), William Meeder (composer).
 1943-12-21  28 Log Bookbritish Merchant Marine

+ Program #28. NBC net. "Log Book". Sustaining. A very well-done story about an average British sailor and his experiences before and during the war. Excellent production values with sea chanteys sung by Tom Glazer. Harold Young, Edmund Burnbriar (adaptor), William Meeder (organist), Anton M. Leader (director), Tom Glazer, Frank Lasker (author).
 1943-12-28  29 Ninth Commandmentinvasion Of Holland

+ Program #29. NBC net. "The Ninth Commandment". Sustaining. A young German boy is saved from starvation by a Dutch family. In typical Nazi fashion, he violates the ten commandments and turns into a monster. Henrik Willem Von Loon (author, narrator), Richard McDonagh (adaptor), Elizabeth Morgan, Raymond Edward Johnson, Ronald Liss, Dayton Allen, William Meeder (music arranger, performer), Anton M. Leader (director).

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