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Manila

Restoring Manila – Radio Berlin: A Merry Go-Round Of Death – Life After Yalta – February 27, 1945

Become a Patron! – NBC Radio – News Of The World – February 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this February day in 1945 was full of optimism and momentum. The Western front was now pushing…

Unemployment

Unemployment And The War That Won’t Go Away – January 11, 1975

A little help from our friends: Become a Patron! – News for Week Ending January 11, 1975 – The plate was fairly overflowing with news and crises, this week ending January 11th in 1975. Starting with news of the continuing…

March 29, 1942 – Raid On Nazaire Postmortem – Demonstrations For A Second Front – India And The Carrot Of Independence –

– WGN – News for March 29, 1942 – The really interesting and somewhat prophetic news on this March 29th in 1942, was buried towards the end of what were daily reports from the Front. The war was dragging on.…

Japanese Invasion force

February 11, 1942 – Singapore: The Situation Is Worse, But It’s Better – Corregidor Invasion: The Last Ditch Effort.

– News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 11, 1942 – news for this day was ominous, sketchy and strange. The situation in Singapore was described in London as growing worse, but…

The Congo

July 12, 1960 – The Congo: In Another World . . .Madness. – A Convention Gets Underway.

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Sandinista rebels

January 15, 1984 – Bringing Central America To The Boil – And The Word Is Sandinista.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19096″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 15, 1984 – World News This Week – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Thirty-seven years ago this week, the simmering stew of politics and saber-rattling hit the boiling point in Central…

October 20, 1944 – ‘I Shall Return’ – Allies Invade The Philippines.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17610″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 20, 1944 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this day in 1944, a promise made by General MacArthur as he was leaving the besieged islands of…