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September 22, 1943: Kate Smith's 'War Bond' airs for the last time

September 22, 1943: Vocalist Kate Smith ’s campaign on the radio for war bonds came to an end. She accumulated an enormous thirty nine million dollars in thirteen uninterrupted hours of radio broadcast. Kate was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom due to her talents on radio and off. She was a spokesperson for many products and spread a message of peace.