Category War

Hello to Mao

January 14, 1950 – A Slight Change Of Plans – The Exit Of Chiang – The Entry Of Mao –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”12070″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 14, 1950 – Voices And Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] If it was any indication of how the rest of the decade, let alone year, would go, the week…

Jimmy Carter Press Conference -Starting The Political Year – January 12, 1978

This day in 1978 saw President Jimmy Carter give his first Press Conference of 1978. And by the looks and sounds of it, the political year would have enough drama to go around. Taking center stage was the crisis in…

German Prisoners - Bastogne Area

January 4, 1945 – A Counter Blow On The Western Front – Patton Launches Major Offensive Around Bastogne – The 79th Congress Convenes.-

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January 1, 1961 – Days Of Future Murk – A New Year Look Ahead – Past Daily Reference Room

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Streets of Surabaya - 1945

December 21, 1945 – The Former Dutch East Indies Erupts In Anti-Colonial Violence.

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December 21, 1939 – Christmas In Wartime – Festive In Short Supply – The Last Of Merry For The Duration.

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Hollywood Goes to the War Front

George Fisher’s Let’s Go Hollywood – Christmas With The Troops In 1952 – Past Daily Holiday Gallimaufry

What began during World War 2 as a holiday ritual, continued on for decades as members of the Hollywood contingent boarded planes and headed off to Army camps to spend Christmas with the troops. In 1952 it was Korea. And…

Indo-Pakistan War - 1971

December 18, 1971 – The Perilous Road To Independence – Bangladesh And The Indo-Pakistan War Of 1971 – Past Daily Reference Room

December 18, 1971 – Address by Professor Hiren Mukherjee – All-India Radio Overseas Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India’s Mitro bahini forces and Pakistan that occurred during the…