WORLD WAR II, TRAVELING WEST
From NO JUNK MAIL by James R. von Feldt
March 6, 2026 · 8 min · Season 3 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode explores a fictional narrative set against the backdrop of World War II and the migration to shipyards along the Columbia River.
Send us Fan Mail World War II was raging. Workers were streaming west to take jobs in the shipyards along the Columbia River. The whole world had gone mad, and yet a child's world was just forming. It leads to a fictional story that isn't all that fictional.
People in this episode
Host: James R. von Feldt
Topics covered
- World War II
- fictional story
- childhood
- shipyards
- travel
Keywords
- World War II
- Columbia River
- fiction
- shipyards
- traveling west
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Columbia River
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