Besides pure entertainment, listening to old time radio offers a look at the mindset of American culture., One example is the war effort.

I never knew that when FDR delivered his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war, that he prayed. I learned that from listening to old time radio,

Actors, from Orson Welles to Fibber McGee to Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve are heard explicitly speaking to winning the war and encouraging not only the boys over there, but also the folks at home to willingly and totally make the sacrifices that had to be made to achieve victory.

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