The Silver King's War

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This episode is Part Three of Stanley's Nashville letters from his war writing, "Dearest Ones," as he begins the stretch run at the Army Air Corps classification center HQ.  He's grateful for letters and packages from home.  And, he has wonderful news to share with the Silverfields of Birmingham.

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This episode is Part Two of Nashville Letters from The Silver King's war writing, "Dearest Ones."    Our hero, Stanley Silverfield, is settling into the tension-filled, air cadet testing days that determine his next posting.  He joined the United States Army Air Corps to serve his nation as a pilot.

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This episode is Part One in Stanley's letters, "Dearest Ones," from Nashville.  Our hero, The Silver King, rode a troop train from Birmingham, Alabama to Thompson Lake, Tennessee, on January 10, 1943. Now he begins the testing process at the U. S. Army Air Corps classification headquarters to determine his flying fate. 

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The Silver King's War continues with the introduction of "Dearest Ones."  These are the seasons of Stanley Silverfield's extensive, expansive war letters. The Silver King wrote letters to his family throughout World War II.  "Dearest Ones" begins with his writing from Nashville, Tennessee, in January 1943.  It concludes and concludes with his return to the states through Ft. McPherson, Georgia, in October 1945.

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This episode is The Silver King's War four-play epilogue and conclusion of this series.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of this series about his father's Second World War as a B-26 bombardier, discusses his decade of work.  Michael also introduces the subsequent seasons of "Dearest Ones,"  that will follow his father, Stanley Silverfield, throughout his war writing as a prodigious family correspondent.

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This bonus episode, The Who & Why of Della Martin,  is a discussion by Michael G. Sievers, the creator of The Silver King's War podcast series, of the final play's prominent patient, Della Martin.  Michael describes his search to recognize who Della was and the collaboration with Kelly Sievers, the renowned writer and poet, to delve into the why of their exploration as they gave Della her due.

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This is episode ten, The Who Is Della epilogue.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of The Silver King's War, discusses a decade of work on his father's Second World War  and an imagined post-war life.

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This episode is Scene Eight of Who Is Della.  It's spring 1975.  Stanley Silverfield and James Sheppard are discussing the creation of a new foundation to honor Della Martin, who died in 1974.  Today, The Della Martin Foundation, based in Los Angeles, California, underwrites brain science research programs at the University of California-Irvine, USC, UCLA and Cal Tech, that focus on schizophrenia. 

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This episode is Scene Seven of Who Is Della.  It's November 1959.  Della Martin, Viola Powell and Stanley Silverfield have traveled with Frank Ober, Jr., and James Sheppard from New York City to Washington.  They will meet with members of the California federal delegation and Library of Congress representatives to donate Glenn L. Martin's papers.

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This episode is Scene Six of Who Is Della.  It's fall 1959.  Della Martin, Viola Powell and Stanley Silverfield, have just completed a round-trip Atlantic crossing on the Queen Mary.  After settling into their suites, they're sitting in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel lobby, talking about the city.  They will celebrate the evening with Stanley's aunt and uncle, Sylvia and Mike Erhlich.

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