Proudly We Hail was a public service show for the Army and Air Force that first aired for a period of four months in 1941 on CBS. The 1941 shows were billed as a program designed "to strengthen the mainstream of the defense machine – the workers in the arsenal of democracy – during a time of unlimited national emergency".
The show returned to the airways from 1946 through 1957. Hollywood producer C. P. MacGregor put together a series that was to be used as a public service in support of the Army and Air Corps recruitment departments. He had lots of contacts in the radio industry but did not have direct access to the networks. As a result he targeted independent stations and, by the week of July 10, 1946, had assembled over 350 stations into his independent network for the first broadcast of the syndicated show. By mid 1948 the program was heard on over 1300 stations.
"Proudly We Hail" radio program. Originally broadcast March 9, 1952. A radio play about Lydia Darragh, said to have crossed the lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, delivering information to Washington that warned him of a pending British attack.
"Proudly We Hail" radio program. Originally broadcast November 23, 1952. A radio play about the life of Patrick Henry.
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