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This episode is Part Four of The Silver King's letters, “Dearest Ones,” from advance training at Columbia Army Air Base.   Stanley is pressing his case for a car.  It's a long way to the flight line and this idea may be more realistic than marriage.  He’ll need a loan to make it happen. 

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This episode is Part Three of the Silver King's letters, “Dearest Ones,” from advanced bomber training at Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina.   Stanley's letters follow a pattern of writing when time allows for an update to his family in Birmingham, Alabama.  He's lonely and certainly closer to home than New Mexico. 

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This episode is Part Two of Stanley's letters, "Dearest Ones," from advance bomber training in at Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina.  Stanley’s enjoying an easy start to this phase as an officer.  He reports to the base each morning, eats breakfast or lunch, and is then free for the day.  If the schedule works, he dines at a local hotel. The pace is comfortable but he's focused on marriage or a used car.  Sara Belle is firm: The King must wait for a post-war wedding. 

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This episode is Part One of The Silver King's letters, "Dearest Ones," from advance bomber training at Columbia Army Air Base in Columbia, South Carolina.  As an officer, Stanley lives off base in a private home.  He enjoys the freedom and privacy earned through his hard work and commitment to the U. S. Army Air Corps.

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This episode is the epilogue for the Second Arc of "Dearest Ones," the letters that Stanley wrote to his family throughout the war.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of The Silver King's War podcast series, discusses his father's story and writing as he trains for and completes bomber school in January 1944.

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This episode is Part Seven and the conclusion of Stanley's letters, "Dearest Ones," from bomber school in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  He's in the final three-week stretch to graduation and his gold bars.  And,  significantly, The Silver King may request advance training on the B-26, the Martin Marauder.  The anticipation for January 1944 is intense and hopeful for these soon-to-be commissioned Air Corps officers in the Army of the United States.

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This episode is Part Six in The Silver King's letters, "Dearest Ones," from bomber school at the Carlsbad Army Air Base in New Mexico.  He's enjoying life as a prominent cadet in a small town.  He's met a local gal, Mary, and seems satisfied with his professional progress.  Graduation day is coming into view.

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This episode is Part Five of The Silver King's letters, "Dearest Ones," from bomber school at Carlsbad Army Air Field in New Mexico.  His training, socializing, flying and "hitting the shack" with practice bombs intensifies with hard work and long hours.  Stanley deploys his talents as a student, friend and rising Air Corps cadet.  The Silver King reigns and resonates in Carlsbad.

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This episode is Part Four in The Silver King's letters, "Dearest Ones," from bomber school at the Carlsbad Army Air Base in New Mexico.  Stanley is working hard, enjoying new friends, and doing well as he aims for graduation and an Air Corps commission in January 1944.

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This episode is Part Three of the Silver King's letters, " Dearest Ones," from bomber school in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  The work to earn his gold bars is difficult and rewarding.  He's never worked harder and felt better about his life.  Stanley is clear in his writing home: he will not fail again.  Bomber school will be his redemption.  He's flying, "hitting the shack," and needs cash to date his new gal.

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