On this episode of Our American Stories John Ford was Hollywood's greatest director Rio Grande and The Searchers for example As WWII began the -year-old Ford was at the top of his game when he quit Hollywood and joined the U S Navy Roger McGrath is here to tell the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories here to tell another Hollywood Goes to War story is Roger McGrath Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories John Ford was Hollywood's greatest director Rio Grande and The Seachers for example As WWII began the -year-old Ford was at the top of his game when he quit Hollywood and joined the U S Navy Roger McGrath is here to tell the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it's time for another one of Roger McGrath's Hollywood Goes To War stories Here's the story of Henry Fonda Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in Peter Ortiz parachuted into Nazi-occupied France where the Gestapo offered a reward of half a million francs for his capture The actor who appeared in many classic John Ford Westerns was also a two-time recipient of the Navy Cross Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories George O'Brien was a Hollywood star but he left the fame and fortune to fight for his country in WWI WWII and Korea Roger McGrath is here with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories John Ford was arguably Hollywood's greatest director As WWII began the -year-old Ford was at the top of his game and at the top of Hollywood So what does he do He quits Hollywood and goes on active duty in the U S Navy Roger McGrath is here to tell the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Merian C Cooper wanted to be an adventurer It was a wish that propelled him into journalism the National Guard military aviation two world wars and a movie producer and writer working on some cinematic classics including King Kong in He even played one of the pilots in the film Here again to tell this Hollywood Goes to War story is Roger McGrath Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung a device used to keep people with advanced polio alive in the first half of the th century Heather McPherson Curator of History at the South Carolina Military Museum shares the story of why she chose her career to honor her great uncle Roger McGrath tells another Hollywood Goes to War story of American screenwriter Merian C Cooper Cooper worked on various cinematic classics including King Kong He also served our country in WWI as a U S Air [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Roger McGrath is here with the story of Hollywood star George O'Brien and how he left the fame and fortune to fight for his country in WWI WWII and Korea Bert Rosica is here to give us his list on why a typewriter is better than a computer Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - nbsp Hollywood Goes to War - Reasons Why A Typewriter Is Better Than A Computer See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]