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News for this July 17th in 1940 was unsettling. Maybe not, if you weren’t paying any attention to the goings on to the East or West of you. Summer was shaping up to one word; ominous An incident in Shanghai involving Japanese police and U.S. Marines didn’t bode well for...
In what has been termed the Last Official Battle of the Vietnam War, the incident surrounding the U.S. container ship USS Mayaguez, seized by Khmer Rouge, was finally over. It began on May 12 when the Mayaguez fell under attack by Khmer Rouge forces, while the ship was en route...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – 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 East toward the Rhine River with...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Radio Hourly News + World News This Week – October 23, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Thirty years ago today we were hearing the shocking news of a truck bomb exploded outside a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. And...