Once Upon a Town
- Author: Bob Greene
- Narrator: Fritz Weaver
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 6:06:17
Synopsis
During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska on troop trains, en route to Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen -- a place where soldiers could enjoy coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes. It provided homesick military personnel with the encouragement they needed to help them through the difficult times ahead. Every day of the war, the Canteen -- staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers from the community of twelve thousand -- was open from 5 a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. By war's end they provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food to more than six million GIs.
Based on interviews with North Platte residents and the GIs who once passed through, Bob Greene unearths and reveals a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
Chapters
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Chapter 001
Duration: 05min -
Chapter 002
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 003
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 004
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 005
Duration: 07min -
Chapter 006
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 007
Duration: 07min -
Chapter 008
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 009
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 010
Duration: 03min -
Chapter 011
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 012
Duration: 07min -
Chapter 013
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 014
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 015
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 016
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 017
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 018
Duration: 08min -
Chapter 019
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 020
Duration: 06min