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July 5, 1951 – The Korean War – truce talks pending, logistics hammered out and business as usual. All that, and life on Capitol Hill. On the Korean War front – Gen. Ridgeway and the U.S. ceasefire negotiating team were assured safe passage to begin talks in the coming days...
June 6, 1944 – D-Day Invasion Of Europe – Normandy Landings – Continuous News from NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 6, 1944 -75 years ago today, one of the biggest operations of its kind took place – after months of planning and training, the allied forces...
Senator Hiram Johnson (R-Calif.) – Address for American First Committee – May 31, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name of Hiram Johnson may not ring many bells today – but during the last century he was a popular, elected four times to the Senate (and dying while...
May 8, 1940 – Newscasts and reports – various – Lowell Thomas and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 8, 1940 – A day with repercussions – In Britain, a vote following the Norway Debate on the deteriorating UK military situation, Neville Chamberlain’s government survived what amounted...
April 22, 1940 – Radio Berlin – Radio Paris – EIAR, Rome – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 22, 1940 – News from Germany this day, via Radio Berlin told of the situation unfolding in Norway and how it was now down to a battle between ships and airplanes....
April 15, 1940 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 15, 1940 – With the German invasion of Norway some six days old, the Allies were trying to maintain a foothold. Combined forces of the Navy, Army and Airforce were providing much needed assistance in...
Senator Peter H. Dominick – NBC Radio: Meet The Press – April 2, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 2, 1967 – The war in Vietnam was grinding on – almost three years since the infamous Gulf of Tonkin, but a year before the 1968 elections. Turning point...
BBC World Service – London Letter – March 23, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 2, 1949 was a significant day if you were a Londoner. Difficult to imagine, but London had been under black-out/dim-out conditions since September 1939 – almost ten years, almost five since the war...
March 11, 1975 – NBC Nightly News (audio) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 11, 1975. An uneasy day in Cambodia – a dramatic and sweeping shakeup in the government of Lon Nol which many believed was a move to get talks started with the Khmer Rouge. The shakeup...
February 25, 1940 -News and Commentary – William Hillman – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 25, 1940 – Coming up on day 176, a little less than six months of war. Attempts at achieving diplomatic peace have been fruitless, introducing the phrase Ashcan Diplomacy, since...
