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Cavalcade of America — 1942

52 episodes broadcast in 1942.

January 5, 1942 Valley Forge Listen (MP3)
Washington and the army endure the bitter winter at Valley Forge.
January 12, 1942 The Gentleman from Paris Listen (MP3)
The Marquis de Lafayette joins the American Revolution.
January 19, 1942 An American Is Born Listen (MP3)
A Czech refugee couple in Mexico wait for the chance to become Americans.
January 26, 1942 Tomorrow and Tomorrow Listen (MP3)
A discontented wife learns the true worth of her marriage.
February 2, 1942 Captains of the Clouds Listen (MP3)
A veteran Canadian bush pilot answers the wartime call to fly.
February 9, 1942 Abraham Lincoln: the War Years
February 16, 1942 The Dark Angel Listen (MP3)
A wartime romance shadowed by a soldier's blindness.
February 23, 1942 Arrowsmith Listen (MP3)
Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith, a doctor torn between science and duty.
March 2, 1942 Accent on Youth Listen (FLAC)
March 9, 1942 Wait for the Morning Listen (FLAC)
March 16, 1942 Dear Brutus
March 23, 1942 Angels on Horseback Listen (MP3)
Mary Breckinridge and her Frontier Nursing Service in the Kentucky hills.
March 30, 1942 The Silent Heart
April 6, 1942 Yellow Jack Listen (MP3)
Walter Reed's conquest of yellow fever in Cuba.
April 13, 1942 A Continental Uniform Listen (MP3)
The treason of Benedict Arnold.
April 20, 1942 In This Crisis Listen (MP3)
Thomas Paine rallies the Revolution in its darkest hour.
April 27, 1942 This Side of Hades
May 4, 1942 The Printer Was a Lady Listen (MP3)
Anne Royall, the outspoken newspaperwoman of the Jackson era.
May 11, 1942 A Tooth for Paul Revere Listen (MP3)
May 18, 1942 Remember the Day Listen (MP3)
A teacher and the special student she never forgot.
May 25, 1942 Young Tom Jefferson Listen (MP3)
The young Thomas Jefferson and the making of a revolutionary.
June 1, 1942 Clara Barton
June 8, 1942 The Colossus of Panama Listen (MP3)
William Gorgas defeats yellow fever to make the Panama Canal possible.
June 15, 1942 The Lady and the Flag
June 22, 1942 The Battle of the Ovens Listen (MP3)
Christopher Ludwick, the patriot baker who fed Washington's army.
June 29, 1942 Hymn from the Night
July 6, 1942 The Gentleman from the Island Listen (MP3)
July 13, 1942 Man of Iron
July 20, 1942 The Wild Young Man Listen (MP3)
The young naval hero Stephen Decatur battles the Barbary pirates.
July 27, 1942 Man of Design Listen (MP3)
Eli Whitney and the birth of interchangeable-parts manufacturing.
August 3, 1942 This Is Our Exile Listen (MP3)
August 10, 1942 I, Mary Washington Listen (MP3)
Mary Washington, the mother who shaped George Washington.
August 17, 1942 Theodore Roosevelt
August 24, 1942 The Giant in the Meadow Listen (MP3)
Dr. Theobald Smith unravels the cause of cattle Texas Fever.
August 31, 1942 The Prophet Without Honor Listen (MP3)
Homer Lea, the neglected American military prophet.
September 7, 1942 Soldier of a Free Press Listen (MP3)
Richard Harding Davis, a pioneering American war correspondent.
September 14, 1942 Honorable Joseph C. Crew Speech Listen (MP3)
An address by Joseph Grew, former US ambassador to Japan.
September 21, 1942 Eagle to Britain Listen (MP3)
The Air Transport Command ferries warplanes across the Atlantic to Britain.
September 28, 1942 Juarez Listen (MP3)
Benito Juarez, the patriot who fought for Mexico's freedom.
October 5, 1942 I Was Married on Bataan Listen (MP3)
A true, wry account of a wartime marriage on Bataan.
October 12, 1942 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Listen (MP3)
October 19, 1942 That They Might Live Listen (MP3)
October 26, 1942 In the Best Tradition Listen (MP3)
A salute to the early traditions of the United States Navy.
November 2, 1942 Toward a Farther Star Listen (MP3)
The daring aviator Amelia Earhart.
November 9, 1942 Torpedo Lane Listen (MP3)
Heroism aboard the Merchant Marine's torpedo-hunted tankers.
November 16, 1942 Alaska Under Arms Listen (MP3)
Alaska's immense strategic value to America at war.
November 23, 1942 Feast from the Harvest Listen (MP3)
November 30, 1942 Sister Kenny Listen (MP3)
Sister Kenny, the Australian nurse who transformed polio treatment.
December 7, 1942 The Road to Victory Listen (MP3)
December 14, 1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Be President Listen (MP3)
Daniel Webster, the statesman who never reached the presidency.
December 21, 1942 A Child Is Born Listen (MP3)
An original nativity play for Christmas.
December 28, 1942 The Eagle's Nest Listen (MP3)
Garibaldi's fight to unify Italy, seen through American eyes.
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