At War45-03-2089Tomorrow Will Sing
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Words at war. You folks at home probably read about the trial and the papers. It must have sounded pretty terrible. An officer of the American Air Corps on trial for robbing Italian peasants. Since it was a military matter, I don't suppose the papers over here have a carried-off follow-up story on it.
Anyhow, now that I'm back on furlough, I'd like very much to tell you the real story of Lieutenant Eddie Amato's court-martial. What lay behind it? How it finally turned out. I know the story at first time. I was flight surgeon of Eddie's squadron.
The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with the Council on Books and War Time presents another program in the series Words at War. All of us on Words at War are more than a little proud that this week our program has been honored by a special citation from Variety, the trade paper of show business. In awarding this citation,
Variety characterized Words at War as one of the most outstanding programs in current radio. Thank you, Variety. Tonight, it's Eliot's Arnold's novel of democracy in War-torn Italy. Tomorrow, we'll see. In February of that year, our B-24 Squadron was transferred from North Africa to an airbase near Foggia Italy. I remember the day we landed. The rain was coming down
and hotfalls and the boys were pretty disappointed in their first glimpse of the country. So this is sunny Italy. Give me Chicago any day doc. I see what you mean Kelly. No chamber of commas here. Hey Eddie. You didn't tell us about this. Why don't you warn it? Well look Kelly. All I know about this place is what my father
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