Category: Japan
India: Threat Of Invasion – Attacks On Port Moresby – Putting 12,000 Women In Uniform – March 16, 1942
– March 16, 1942 – News of the World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 16, 1942 – A day where focus of attention was on the Far East and the South Pacific. Word that Sir Stafford Cripps was sent on a mission to bolster support for
Capitol Hill Deja-Vu – A Government Shuts Down – A Coach Quits – A Prime Minister Quits- January 5, 1996 –
– January 5, 1996 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 5, 1996 – five days into the new year and all was not quiet, at least on Capitol Hill. The almost never-ending threats to shut the government down over budgets and partisan bickering surfaced
War On All Fronts – On The Third Anniversary, An Earthquake – December 7, 1944
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The French Fleet Dies At Toulon – November 28, 1942
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September 8, 1951 – A Peace Treaty Signed – World War 2 Officially Ended.
– UN Signing of Treaty With Japan – Sepetember 8, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Six years, almost to the day of the surrender signing between Japan and the Allies, ending hostilities in World War 2. The Treaty signing on this day in 1951, known as The San
August 18, 1945 – Japan Surrenders – A Delegation Arrives On Ie Shima Island.
– CBS Radio – Special Broadcast from Ie Shima Island – August 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the end of hostilities just days earlier on August 15th, the process of making the surrender official began. On the morning of August 18th, a plane carrying a surrender
August 12, 1945 – End Of World War 2 – “Any Day – Any Hour- Any Minute”.
-NBC – World News Roundup – News Of The World – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – WOR-MBS – News and programming from 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EWT – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 12, 1945 – As the minutes
August 8, 1945 – Hiroshima: Vanishing, Almost Without Trace – Extent Of Damage Still Not Known.
– From The Pacific – NBC Radio – August 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two days after the first Atomic Bomb attack on Hiroshima, the city was still smoldering. The full extent of the destruction was only starting to become apparent. American reconnaissance planes were able to