– News Of The World/Eleven o’ Clock Report – July 3, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though the war was over in Europe, it was still going at fever pitch in the Pacific. Some 500 B-29’s were staging massive air-raids and busily destroying much of the industrial
– President Truman addresses closing of San Francisco Conference – June 26, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 79 years ago today, on June 26, 1945 there was cause for celebration. A cautious one, because we were still in the middle of the war in the Pacific, but an
– NBC Radio – Bulletin regarding Allied entry into Cherbourg – June 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Nineteen days after the initial landings at Normandy, the Allies were still in the midst of battling their way to Paris. Some objectives were easily taken, while others were difficult.
– CBS Hourly News – June 17, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day, at least as far as the U.S. was concerned, centered around a hostage drama unfolding at Beirut Airport. Members of a Shi’ite Militia group, armed to the teeth, hijacked TWA flight 847
By all accounts, it was inches before America would be 100% involved in the War in Europe – Germany warned the U.S. that every ship carrying contraband for Britain will be sunk and charged that the United States is employing the Robin Moor sinking to build up war psychosis propaganda.
News for this day in 1941 – a view of the South Pacific as seen by American reporter Burt Silen in Manila. From his point of view there was no immediate danger of war coming from Japan, but Manila, as well as the rest of the Philippines and surrounding islands
– June 11, 1940 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 11, 1940 – A fast moving day in the war. With German armies some 40 miles outside of Paris, and attacking French ports up and down the coast, visions of
Eighty years ago this day, a significant milestone in history – one which, as is inevitable, is fading with time. With each successive year, less and less witnesses, less participants are left to tell the story firsthand – less people are with us to convey the enormity of what took
– June 3, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 3, 1994 – The big news of the day was President Clinton’s visit to Italy to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the allied victory in Rome. Considered by many to be the “forgotten front”,
Coffee? – NPR – All Things Considered – May 26, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1997 was officially Memorial Day. And so May 26th was given over, mostly in the U.S. to observance of that day. And even though the news was made up primarily
