Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings today the story of a woman who has lived and worked with the guerrilla armies of China The Battle Hymn of China by Agnes Smedley.

Words At War the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings today a sample of the lighter side of war literature They Shall Not Have Me by Jon Elion.

Using a script that was later made into a classic wartime movie, this is a touching, beautiful story about the women left behind as the men go off to war.

Since You Went Away is based on a book by Margaret Buell Wilder and consists of a series of letters that she wrote to her husband while he was away at war.  Adapted for radio by Nora Sterling of the NBC script staff.

An exciting story of the life of a sailor in “Torpedo Alley”, the London to Murmansk run.

Jackson Beck plays the part of U.S. able seaman Fred Herman who wrote a book called Dynamite Cargo.

Most of what you will hear was written as notes aboard the British cruiser Scylla in the Arctic Ocean. Herman tells the story of how he came to be huddled below decks with three hundred other shipwrecked sailors and refugees while the enemy Nazi torpedo bombers fire on them relentlessly.