Adam Graham Presents the War

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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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    • May 27, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 260 EPISODES


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    Episode 277: Memorial Day Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2016 27:21


    The Mayor and Marilee head to the first Memorial Day after the end of the War, while a war widow faces Memorial Day in her own way. From Mayor of the Town. Original Air Date: May 25, 1946 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 276: Dear Mr. American

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2014 36:35


    The story of a baker in Europe who  lost…and then found faith. Original Air Date: March 4, 1948 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 275: Japan’s Food Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2014 31:58


    Pacific Story looks at the severe food shortages that gripped Japan after the war as a result of Japan’s disastrous war time policies. Original Air Date: October 28, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 274: The Flying Tigers Fly Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2014 32:19


    Pilots from the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) return to the States with the goal of staring a freight airline but run into many obstacles. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: October 28, 1946 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 273: Welcoming Mayor LaTrivia Home from the Pacific

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2014 30:59


    Mayor LaTrivia is returning from the Pacific and Fibber McGee is jockeying for a prominent position in the welcoming but finds himself off the committee. From Fibber McGee and Molly Original Air Date: October 2, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 272: France Suppresses Germany’s Invasion of the Rhineland

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2014 32:32


    Stroke of Fate examines how history would have played out if France had opposed Germany’s invasion of the Rhineland. Original Air Date: November 22, 1953 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 271: House on 92nd Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2014 31:58


    An American citizen of German descent infiltrates a Nazi spy ring for the FBI in this Screen Guild Theatre adaptation of the Lloyd Nolan movie. Original Air Date: June 10, 1946 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 270: Command Performance Victory Extra #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014 48:08


    Command Performance’s end of the war special continues. Original Air Date: August 14, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 269: Command Performance Victory Extra #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2014 57:20


    Bing Crosby hosts an all-star extravaganza to celebrate the end of the war. Original Air Date: August 14, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 268: Fourteen August

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2014 18:35


    Orson Welles stars in this play written by Norman Corwin for the day of victory. Original Air Date: August 14, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 267: V-J Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2014 41:20


    Reaction to Japanese surrender on August 14, 1945 and the signing of the formal surrender ending the war on September 2, 1945. Includes Harry Truman, General Douglas Macarthur, and coverage from Mutual and NBC News. Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 266: Mr Hope and the Atom Bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2014 33:13


    William Laurence of the New York Times tells the story of the first atom bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima from The Quick and Dead. Original Air Date: July 13, 1950 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 265: A Chain Reaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2014 31:17


    Bob Hope begins his investigation into atomic energy with an interview with William  Laurence of the New York Times talking about scientific advances that paved the way for the atomic age. Original Air Date: July 6, 1950 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 264: Late War News and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2014 31:52


    CBS World News Today from July 29, 1945 and  a statement by President Truman. Bulletin on the bombing of Hirashima from August 6, 1945 and an account of the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Click here to add to Itunes.

    Adam’s Mailbag #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2014


    Adam answers listener questions and comments on disabled pilots, internment, and Congressional hearings during World War II. Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 263: Your Hit Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2014 30:39


    The episode of Your Hit Parade. Original Air Date: August 4, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 262: The Wind at My Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014 33:13


    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.  

    Episode 261: To Mare Island and Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2014 33:13


    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.

    Episode 260: The Lieutenants Come Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2014 33:03


    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.

    Episode 259: The Bond Rally

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2014 29:02


    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.

    Episode 258: Japan’s Air Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2014 31:33


    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.

    Episode 257: Your Hit Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2014 32:01


    An episode of Your Hit Parade. Original Air Date: July 7, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 256: The Lady and the Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 27:15


    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.

    Episode 255: The Meaning of VE Day to Negroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 27:07


    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.

    Episode 254: Hollywood Victory Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2014 56:04


    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.

    Episode 253: On a Note of Triumph

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2014 59:41


    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.

    Episode 252: VE Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2014 69:08


    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.

    Episode 251: GI Journal #92

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2014 31:15


    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.

    Episode 250: Dick Tracy in B Flat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2014 57:53


    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.

    Episode 249: On the Flanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2014 33:18


    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.

    Episode 248: Brave Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2014 31:15


    This episode of Words at War is based on famed war correspondent Enrie Pyle’s last book. Original Air Date: April 24, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 247: The Philippines Never Surrendered

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2014 30:55


    The story of a meek academic who organized guerilla warfare against the occupying Japanese among Filipino natives. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: April 30, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 246: Music Loved by All The World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 61:12


    An all music episode of the Radio Hall of Fame following the death of President Roosevelt featuring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Original Air Date: April 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 245: The Death of FDR and Edward R. Murrow Reports from Buchenwald

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2014 35:44


    Don Fisher reports from Warm Springs, Georgia where President Roosevelt died. Original Air Date: April 12, 1945 Edward R. Murrow reports what he saw on the liberation of Buchenwald. Original Air Date: April 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 244: The Andrews Sisters with Guest Marjorie Main

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2014 30:15


    Guest Marjorie Main provides some educations to the rough and tumble crew on their ranch including Gabby Hayes. Original Air Date: March 11, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 243: Mail Call #136

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2014 32:53


    A musical program hosted by Nelson Eddy and featuring the Andrews sisters and others. Original Air Date: March 14, 1946 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 242: Death Comes to Adolf Hitler

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 32:13


    Adolf Hilter tries a desperate gambit to escape the fall of the Third Reich aboard a sub only his victims won’t allow it. From the Horror anthology series, The Mysterious Traveler.  Original Air Date: March 24, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 241: Escaped POWS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2014 35:18


    The FBI searches for two escaped Nazi POWs from This is Your FBI.  Original Air Date: April 27, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 240: Sign Here Please

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2014 29:33


    The story of a landing ship and a very colorful member of its crew. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date:  March 19, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 239: I Never Left Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2014 61:52


    The Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Bob Hope’s best-selling book about his travels, visiting U.S. Troops overseas. Original Air Date: January 8, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 238: Hide Out and Bravest Men in the Army

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2014 24:47


    The story of an American reporter who hid out with the Philippine underground rather than remain in Manilla. The soldiers who crossed the Adolf Hitler bridge. Original Air Dates:  April 15 and 22, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

    Episode 237: The Hollywood Barn Dance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2014 30:49


    An episode of the Hollywood Barn Dance hosted by Cottonseed Clark with FoyWilling and the Riders of the Purple Sage. Original Air Date: April 28, 1945

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