At War44-07-1155Captain Retread
Words at War · 29 min · 4,316 words
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The Johnson Wax Program, Words at War with Carl Van Doren. The makers of Johnson's Wax for home and industry in cooperation with the Council on Books and War Time proudly presents one of the most widely discussed programs in America, Words at War, dramatizations of the most representative books to come out of this great world conflict.
And with this as usual is one of the keenest judges of good books in America, the eminent author, biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner Mr. Carl Van Doren. Mr. Van Doren. Tonight's book is the story of an American who has been his soldier since the early months of this war, but who has never left the country.
He modestly begins by saying that he has nothing to talk about and that that is why he wrote the book. But you will soon find out that he has a great deal to talk about.
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