Tag western hemisphere

June 13, 1942 – New Household Names: Tobruk And Kiska – An Attempted Toehold In Alaska.

This day in 1942 was all about a world caught up in war. Fighting seemingly everywhere. News of a German offensive going on in the Libyan Desert near Tobruk. Hints of a major Western Front looming as U.S. troops landed…

Nervous Days – August 1, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – August 1, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this first day of August in 1994 was another mixed bag of hopeful and nervous. Hopeful,…

Holiday In Haiti – June 13, 1994

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 13, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this particular June 13th, twenty years ago, there was talk of yet another intervention in another country’s…