Today we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “Cromer,” an episode of “An American in England.” This short-run series aired in the summer and fall of 1942. It was written by the legendary Norman Corwin, based on his time in England, and produced by Edward R. Murrow.

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Today we have a broadcast of the Bob Hope show from El Toro Marine Base in California. It was originally broadcast on November 20, 1945.

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Today we have Death Carries a Lunch Kit, an episode of TheWhistler first broadcast October 23, 1944, over CBS’s Pacific Coast network. This episode tells the story of a young man pressured to commit an act of sabotage during the war.

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Today we have “83 Days: The Survival of Seaman Izzi” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on January 11, 1944. It is based on the book of the same name by Mark Murphy.

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Today we have “The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich,” the May 16, 1975, episode of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

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Today we have “Away All Boarding Parties,” an episode of Cavalcade of America, which first aired on November 18, 1952. It tells the story of the USS Guadalcanal as it hunted German U-boats in the North Atlantic and dramatizes the crew’s capture of the U-505.

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Today we have “Battle of the Atlantic,” the first episode of Battle Stations. This episode was first broadcast on August 5, 1943.

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Today we have the CBS Morning News from October 21, 1945, reporting on domestic and international news, with updates from Tokyo, London, Paris, Washington, and New York.

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Today we have coverage from October 15, 1945, of Admiral Halsey and the Pacific Fleet returning to San Francisco. That’s followed by a quick roundup of the day’s headlines.

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Today we go back to the early days of America’s participation in the war, with “Women of Britain,” an episode of “An American in England.”

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