April 21, 1945 – Mutual – Report From The Pacific – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 21, 1945 – While the Allies were making major strides on the way to Berlin. On Okinawa in the Pacific it was down to hard fought gains; sometimes by feet and yards. Since
April 19-20, 1940 – BBC Home Service – Radio Paris – Radio Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 19-20, 1940 – news for this day was intentionally vague. The BBC reported that a special detachment of British, Canadian and French troops landed “somewhere in Norway” and that the
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– April 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 14, 1941, the 589th day of War, had much to do with the situation in the Balkans. Yugoslavia fell to the Germans, with Yugoslav resistance scattered and disorganized. The Capital of
April 13, 1942 – NBC News Of The World + Special Report from Brazzaville – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 13, 1942 – America enters its Nineteenth week of war, and the news goes from bad to grim. Reports that Corregidor could fall at any moment, that Japanese forces
April 12, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1942 – Even for a Sunday, a war with no let-up. News from Libya of British advances and German retreats near the coastal town of Gazala. News of a breakdown in negotiations between
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April 6, 1945 – Reports from Don Pryor, Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 6, 1945 – The invasion of Okinawa had begun on the morning of April 1, 1945 – dubbed Operation Iceberg, it represented the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War
April 4, 1944 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 4, 1944 – News for this day was sweeping and fast moving. From the Pacific came word raids over several Japanese-held islands and major damage to shipping and installations. Also word that
