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AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Major Glenn Miller: The Man, the Band and the Training Command
From: Matt Mitchell
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A musical journey showcasing bandleader Glenn Miller's transformation from the nation's most popular recording artist into the greatest morale boos...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 1
Private Price's War: The Long, Long Trail
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Walter Price, 314th Combat Engineers
Commemorate the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War I by accompanying Walter Price and the 314th Engineers on their tour of duty.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 08:19
Trapped on the Wrong Side of History
From: Richard Paul
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A Japanese-American woman trapped in Japan in WWII

Bought by KGOU, KUER, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 6
Utopiah: Stories of Refugees
From: Tamarra Kemsley
Caption: The Marquez family during their stay in the Venezuela embassy., Credit: Berta Marquez
With 65 million living as refugees and migrants, the world has never had more forcibly displaced people than it does now. In this 45-minute documen...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 48:05
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
From: Alison Jones
Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel
During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF, RadioStPete Florida, Angelica Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 87
Shortcuts to War & Peace-The Red Line
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Better Living Through Chemistry
Barack Obama draws a red line in regards to Syria & chemical weapons and this program reflects the tension during the past few weeks mixed with pre...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:31
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: An American Terrorist
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...

Bought by WCPN, WRPI, and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 3
on the Borderline: Surviving Genocide in Burma
From: Gael MacLean
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Narrated by Sonja Smits, this documentary is a rare look at life inside the refugee camps and a compassionate story of transforming despair into hope

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 41:51