The Silver King's War
"The Silver King's War" is a podcast series (with episode transcripts available on Applecast) of World War II plays (The Silver King, Marauder Men, Serviceman and Who Is Della) based on true events about a young man, Stanley Silverfield, who joins the United States Army Air Corps to serve his country as a Martin Marauder B-26 Bombardier flying in the 9th Air Force. Stanley wrote letters to his family throughout World War II from January 1943 to October 1945. An exploration of his war letters, “Dearest Ones,” follows the four plays. The series concludes with a trilogy of plays, "The Silverfields of Northbrook," which follows the family's 1950s Midwest suburban life. Stanley, born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 23, 1923, died on October 15, 1990, in Rockford, Illinois. He was 67. The Silver King is my dad. Please enjoy and share "The Silver King's War."
Episodes
207 episodes
The Silver King's War Trailer
This trailer introduces The Silver King's War. The podcast series is the story of Stanley L. Silverfield, a World War II, U. S. Army Air Corps, B-26 Bombardier. Michael G. Sievers, the writer, producer & creator o...
The Silver King's War Introduction
This is the introduction to The Silver King's War podcast series. The series follows the Second World War of Stanley L. Silverfield, a young aviator from Birmingham, Alabama. Michael G. Sievers, the Silver King's son...
Nashville
This episode is Scene One of The Silver King. Our hopeful hero, Stanley Silverfield, travels by troop train from Birmingham, Alabama, to Nashville, Tennessee, to begin his work as an air cadet. He meets JJ Sherry, his war buddy, on ...
Flying Deficiency
This episode is Scene Two of The Silver King. Stanley begins pilot school training at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama, and finishes at the Lodwick School of Aeronautics in Lakeland, Florida, during April 1943. Stanley wro...
Bomber School
This episode is Scene Three of The Silver King. Stanley and his fellow air cadets were posted to Santa Ana Army Air Base to await their next installation assignment. Their bomber school training continued at the Las Vegas Army Gunn...
1936 Ford Phaeton
This episode is Scene Four of The Silver King. Stanley, JJ Sherry and Herb Stempler travel east after bomber school graduation for advance training on the B-17 (Flying Fortress) and B-24 (Liberator) at Columbia Army Air Base in Columbia, ...
The Latin Quarter
This episode is Scene Five of The Silver King. Stanley and JJ Sherry ship to New York City from Barksdale Army Airfield in Shreveport, Louisiana. They enjoy the city and prepare to cross the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary du...
The Queen Mary
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 O...
A-72, Northern France
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, th...
Bombs Away
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...
The Silver King Epilogue
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.
Marauder Men Introduction
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.
Santa Ana, California
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 leas...
Baltimore City Council
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 sea...
Middle River, Maryland
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....
Barksdale Field, Shreveport, Louisiana
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 G...
B-26 Design
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 t...
Battle of the Bulge
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 bombar...
First Lieutenant, Air Corps
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...
Serviceman
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 Ser...
Marauder Men Epilogue
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.
Serviceman Introduction
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.
Victory in Europe
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...