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Around Noon
Monday, Sept. 24 at 12:00 PM
"Viewers Club" – Host Dee Perry sits down with local historians to discuss the previous night's episode of The War and take viewer comments & questions. Additional "Viewer's Club" will be scheduled later.
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Morning Edition
Thursday, Sept. 13 between 6:00-9:00 AM
Eric Wellman interviews an African American soldier from our region who served with the "Buffalo Soldiers" in WWII.
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Friday, Sept. 14 between 6:00-9:00 AM
ideastream's Dan Bobkoff files the first of two reports on the GI Bill and how the war gave unheard of opportunities for vets to get a college education and how it transformed educational institutions.
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Monday, Sept. 17 between 6:00-9:00 AM
Part two of Dan Bobkoff's report on the GI Bill, including today's veterans' opportunities for education.
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Tuesday, Sept. 18 between 6:00-9:00 AM
Eric Wellman interviews an army doctor who shares his D-Day experiences.
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Thursday, Sept. 20 between 6:00-9:00 AM
David C Barnett interviews Clevelander Japanese Americans who were forced to live in Internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Friday, Sept. 21 between 6:00-9:00 AM
American women's traditional roles were dramatically altered by WWII. David C Barnett focuses on the stories of two local women – one who was in the first class of WAVES, and one who helped build B-29's in Brook Park.
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Tuesday, Sept. 25 between 6:00-9:00 AM
While the contributions of Cleveland's steel industries to WWII are better-known, Akron's rubber industry was also critical to the war effort. David C. Barnett tells how Goodyear, Goodrich, Firestone, General and Mohawk backed the military in various ways, including bullet-proof tires, barrage balloons, self-sealing gas tanks, and blimps that dropped depth charges on submarines.
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Eric Wellman talks with a local WWII pilot who flew in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Wednesday, Sept. 26 between 6:00-9:00 AM
The unique experience of one Northeast Ohio couple during the war years is explored: Ed and Mimi Ormond met in England during the war and bombs went off, literally, during the honeymoon that blasted them off their bed. He took his violin with him and because of that got assigned to a military band instead of a combat position. He later became a violinist for the Cleveland Orchestra; she became a Beachwood school teacher.
Thursday, Oct. 4 between 6:00-9:00 AM
60 miles west of Cleveland - in Sandusky - a 99 acre campus is home to more than 700 Veterans from America's 20th century wars, including World War II. As the Ken Burns documentary "The War" concludes, ideastream's Rick Jackson takes us to Erie County.
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The Sound of Ideas
Monday, Sept. 17 at 9:00 AM
In conjunction with the premiere of The War, this is an encore of Dan Moulthrop's interview with Ken Burns discussing the making of his documentary.
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Thursday, Sept. 20 at 9:00 AM
Do you remember the old movies and how people talked about war, even when the nation was in the middle of one? Think about the end of Mrs. Miniver, when the minister in his sermon declares, "This is the Peoples' War! We are the fighters! Fight it, then, fight it with all that is in us!" My, how times have changed. As part of our coverage around the new Ken Burns documentary on World War Two, we'll take a look at how the media -- both in the news and Hollywood -- has represented war over the years.
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