Category: War

War Of Waiting – Sept. 11, 1950

– CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow And The News – Sept. 11, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sixty-five years ago, on September 11th it was about another war; the war in Korea. The Police Action. The border dispute. The Domino. Allied infantry and Communist troops trading fire

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Private Enrichment At Public Expense – August 20, 1951

– Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – August 20, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had an eerie ring of familiarity to it. The subject of influencing policy based on previous employers, the subject of Private enrichment at Public expense, and the “glass

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On Tenterhooks And Turns Of Phrase – August 11, 1945

– Special Report by Morgan Beatty, State Department – August 11, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More suspense, this August 11th in 1945. Following a day of premature celebration came a day of waiting. Diplomatic cables passing back and forth between legations in Switzerland – relayed to the

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Feelers And Mixed Signals – August 10, 1945

– News reports – NBC/CBS – August 10, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 10th, 70 years ago was full of anticipation mixed with caution. Shortly after reports of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb attack surfaced, and after President Truman went to address the nation on

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Exit: Monrovia – August 5, 1990

– ABC Information Network Hourly News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aside from the bigger news just looming to the east, the news regarding the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and the nervous anticipation of further moves and wrangling, there was news of Civil War breaking

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Agenda Wrangling At The UN – July 31, 1950

– Edward R. Murrow and The News with Larry Lasueur – July 31, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – News for this day, 65 years ago, was about the ongoing war in Korea and the delicate maneuvering taking place at the United Nations at their temporary headquarters at Lake

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