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This is episode five of the final review of Stanley's War. It's January 1944 and The Silver King graduates from Bomber School in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He's now a 2nd Lt. in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Then it's five months for advance training at Columbia Army Air Base in South Carolina. As the allies invade Europe on D-
Day with Operation Overload in early June, Stanley has orders to report at Barksdale Army Air Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, for B-26 training. He now has the ride he wants: The famed twin-engine bomber, the Martin Marauder. 

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This is the fourth episode of the final review of The Silver King's War. It's January 1943.  Stanley rides a train to Nashville for Army Air Corps cadet classification testing. He's classified for pilot training at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. As Stanley reaches pilot school in Lakeland, Florida, the allies prepare for the Sicily invasion with Operation Husky.  And the U. S. government acquires the Los Alamos Ranch School for Boys in northern New Mexico.

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This is the third episode of the final review of The Silver King's War.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of this podcast series, reviews his father's war.  It's 1942, FDR signed Executive 0rder 9066 on February 19. Thousands of Japanese Americans were forced from their homes to inland internment camps. John Steinbeck wrote "Bombs Away." Stanley joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps in June.  He will ride a train to Nashville in January 1943 to begin training as a Army Air Corps cadet.

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This is the second episode of the final review of The Silver King's War.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of this podcast series, reviews Stanley academic life as he becomes a University of Illinois freshman in September 1940.  France fell to Germany in June, and FDR, running for a third term, signed the Selective Service Act. The first B-26, Martin Marauder, was introduced in Middle River, Maryland, in late November 1940.   

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This is the first episode of the final review of The Silver King's War.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of this podcast series, reviews the nation's history ahead of his father's war.  The context considers Glenn L. Martin's national status, a history of the B-26 Martin Marauder, and discusses major events before the Second World War begins in September 1939.

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This episode, first published on the Silver King's birthday centennial (April 23, 2023), is the conclusion of the "Dearest Ones" epilogue.   Our hero, the Silver King, wrote hundreds of letters to his family throughout World War Two.  It's September 1945 and Stanley is waiting for a ride home from his war.  He wrote two descriptive, thoughtful letters from France about his hours and days at the "Lucky Strike" camp in Le Harve. It's been two months with no mail and Stanley is ready for Ida Mae's home cooking. He  hopes to ride one of "The Queens" west over the Atlantic from Antwerp to New York harbor.

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This episode is Part Forty-One of the "Dearest Ones" epilogue.  It's August 1945 and the Silver King remains in France, waiting for a ride home to his family in Birmingham, Alabama. It may be a ship to New York harbor or a flight to Miami. He hasn't received any mail in a month.  He's bored, frustrated and gaining points as he waits (77 to 85).  The war in Europe ended in early May. Three months later after many rumors and disappointments, Stanley writes that he should be home soon.  News from the Pacific about Japan's imminent surrender is a welcome subject in his second August letter.

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This episode is Part Forty in the epilogue for "Dearest Ones," the letters that The Sliver King wrote to his family throughout the Second World War.  It's July 1945.  Michael G. Sievers, the series creator, reflects on his dad's summer stories. Our hero battles the boredom and uncertainty about his future. He dreams of football games and a wardrobe update. And shares his concern about Lee Bernstein's service status. Finally, Stanley has good news: he's shipping out to Paris and then a ride to the States..."Mom & Dad, I'm on my way home."

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This episode is Part Thirty-Nine in the epilogue for "Dearest Ones," the letters that The Silver King wrote throughout the war.  It's June 1945.  Michael G. Sievers, the King's narrator, reflects on his father's June activities. Stanley battles boredom with thoughts of Paris and home. The mail is stalled due to a classic snafu. The Colonel claims the unit's travel status is top secret. The King dreams of Ida's hot biscuits and is surprised that there's an apparent pickle shortage in the states.

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This episode is Part Thirty-Eight of the "Dearest Ones" epilogue, the letters Stanley wrote to his family throughout the Second World War.  It's a special discussion of The Silver King's writing about Paris and Brussels, and the development of "City Stories," a writing course that Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator of the podcast series, teaches in Portland, Oregon. Michael follows his story arc from Baltimore to a perch at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

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