The Silver King's War

Send a text This is the introduction to Who Is Della, the fourth and final play in The Silver King's War podcast series.  The series follows a young aviator, Stanley Silverfield, through his Second World War as a B-26 bombardier. Who Is Della creates an imagined life for Stanley as he becomes a design executive with Martin Manufacturing in Middle River, Maryland.  Contact us: thesilverkingswa...

Send a text This is Episode Ten, The Serviceman epilogue.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of The Silver King's War, discusses a decade of work on his father's Second World War as a B-26 Bombardier. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episodes with the Apple Transcriptions Share our hero, The...

Send a text This episode is Scene Eight of Serviceman.   Our hero, The Silver King, has just started a job with Lee Bernstein's company, Acme Paper Box Manufacturing.  The address: 5950 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois.  He's a production engineer,  It's January 10, 1946.  Three years to the day when he rode the train from Birmingham to Nashville to begin his war.  His job wi...

Send a text This episode (published on Father's Day: June 20, 2021) is Scene Seven in Serviceman.  It's mid-December 1945.  The Bernsteins and Stanley are celebrating with the Norman & Jane Gordon family, who are neighbors in the building.  Norman's older sister, Phyllis, is home from Europe after her Red Cross service and the party is buzzing with good cheer.  The Silver King m...

Send a text This episode is Scene Six in Serviceman.  Our hero, the post-war King, and his war buddy, JJ Sherry, are celebrating JJ's visit to Chicago from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. They're sitting at a two-top in a famous nightclub, The Chez Paree, on W. Fairbanks Court, near Lake Michigan. Stanley and JJ visited the club in early 1944 as they drove from bomber school in Carlsbad, New...

Send a text This episode is Scene Five of Serviceman as the play's second act, City Lights, begins.  Stanley rides the train to Chicago after his fall visit and Thanksgiving weekend in Birmingham.  He is about to meet his nephew and niece, Richie and Margie Bernstein, who were born during The King's war.  He will stay with his sister, Leona, and her husband, Lee, and their children, as h...

Send a text This episode is Scene Four in Serviceman.  Stanley returns home in a resonant, emotional shadow scene with his parents, Milton and Sara Belle, as he steps off the train.  They  embrace as The King's mother cries uncontrollably.  Then it's a ride to see Ida Mae and enjoy her home cooking.  Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Appl...

Send a text This episode is  Scene Three in Serviceman.  The episode publication date, May 30, is the U. S. Memorial Day celebration and acknowledgement of the nation's warriors.   Stanley L. Silverfield, our family warrior, died on October 15, 1990, in Rockford, Illinois.. Forty-five years to the day after his Army Air Corps service separation. Now, as you listen, Our hero, The Silver King,...

Send a text This episode is Scene Two in Serviceman.  Army Air Corps operations continue throughout the spring and summer in the ETO.  It's September 1945.  The Japanese surrender is complete after the Air Corps delivered two atomic weapons, Little Boy and Fat Man,  in early August.  Stanley and JJ Sherry are living in a tent city, know as Lucky Strike, at the port of Le Harve, France. Contac...

Send a text This episode is Scene One in Serviceman.  Our hero, The Silver King, and his war buddy, JJ Sherry, are in Brussels.  The War in Europe is over.  It's V-E Day.  These Marauder Men have a jeep and 72-hour pass. They're sitting at a two-top in the Hotel Metropole lobby bar.  Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read p...

Send a text This episode is the introduction to Serviceman, the third play in The Silver King's War podcast series. Our hero, The Silver King, is in the third year of his war. It's spring 1945 in Europe. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episodes with the Apple Transcriptions Share our hero, The Silver King, wi...

Send a text This is episode 10, The Marauder Men epilogue.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of The Silver King's War discusses a decade of work on his father's Second World War. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episodes with the Apple Transcriptions Share our hero, The Silver King, with fa...

Send a text This episode is the final scene in Marauder Men, the second play in The Silver King's War  series.  Stanley is reading his latest mail, which includes the March/April 1945 issue of the Birmingham, Alabama, Temple Emanu-El  Serviceman.  Our hero, The King, is the cover story. The headline:   Lt. Silverfield Wins Air Medal, Cluster, Also Promotion.   Stanley and JJ Sherry discuss th...

Send a text This episode (released on Stanley's 98th birthday) is Scene Seven of Marauder Men.  Our hero, The Silver King, receives orders to report to the IX Bomber Division  Wing Command in London. The Air Corps command asked Glenn L. Martin to award Stanley his silver bars as a First Lieutenant.   It's a wonderful surprise and pivotal experience for this Marauder Man. Contact us: thes...

Send a text This episode is Scene Six of Marauder Men.  Stanley returns to A-72 from Baltimore  in early December 1944 before the German army counter-attack.  Reunited with his pilot, Jack Festi, our hero, The Silver King, is the lead bombardier in his flight.  This is Stanley's Battle of the Bulge. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podc...

Send a text This episode is Scene Five in Marauder Men. The Silver King, now flying missions from A-72, north of Paris, receives orders to pack for a special mission to Maryland.  Glenn L. Martin, the B-26 manufacturer, has asked the Air Corps brass to send Stanley to Middle River to assist in design modifications for the bomber's blister nose, The Greenhouse. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gm...

Send a text This episode is Scene Four of Marauder Men. Our hero, The Silver King, and his buddy, JJ Sherry, are training to fly the B-26, Martin Marauder. This is the plane that Stanley wanted to fly.  Glenn L. Martin makes a special VIP visit with General Hap Arnold, the Air Corps Commander. They tour Barksdale Field and meet The King and his crew. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please...

Send a text This episode is Scene Three in Marauder Men, the second play in The Silver King's War podcast series. Glenn Martin's men have been acquiring tide-water properties just east of Baltimore for development as an industrial  manufacturing site.  It's late at night as Bunk Tilghman considers an offer for his land, which he believes will be a future hunt & fishing sportsmen...

Send a text This episode is Scene Two of Marauder Men, the second play in The Silver King's War series. Glenn L. Martin is meeting with the city council, accompanied by his mother, Minta.  City Hall is an imposing structure and Martin explains his search for land to build a new manufacturing complex with deference and patience. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver...

Send a text This episode is Scene One in Marauder Men, the second play in The Silver King's War series. It's 1909 and Glenn L. Martin is building his first plane in a vacant church in downtown Santa Ana near the family's automobile showroom.  The lease is $12/month. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episod...

Send a text This is the introduction to Marauder Men, the second play in The Silver King's War podcast series.  This series follows a young aviator, Stanley Silverfield, through his Second World War as a B-26 bombardier. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episodes with the Apple Transcriptions Share our hero, The Sil...

Send a text This is episode 11, The Silver King epilogue.  Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer and creator of The Silver King's War discusses a decade of work on his father's Second World War. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on Apple Podcasts Read podcast episodes with the Apple Transcriptions Share our hero, The Silver King, with fam...

Send a text This episode is Scene Eight of The Silver King.  It's Stanley's first combat mission: November 5, 1944.  He will fly with his Barksdale crew:  Jack H. Festi (pilot/0711541); James N. Fomby, Jr., (co-pilot/0720239);  Alfred R. Hawpe (engineer-gunner/38528150); Clarence A. Luck (radio operator-gunner/35678897); and Jack D. Loftin (armorer-gunner/38554678).  Stanley is the bomba...

Send a text This episode is Scene Seven of The Silver King.  After Stanley's Atlantic crossing on the Queen Mary, he travels from England to France and his bomb group.  It's an arduous journey to reach A-72, north of Paris.  His squadron, the 597th, has recently settled into a former German air field. Contact us: thesilverkingswar@gmail.com Please review The Silver King's War on App...

Send a text This episode is Scene Six of The Silver King.  Stanley and JJ Sherry, as commissioned officers, ride the Queen Mary, which is now a troop transport ship, across the Atlantic Ocean in late September on their way to the European Theater of Operations.  Their specific destination, unknown to them, is an air base in allied territory, perhaps in England or France. Contact us: thesilverkings...