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Vietnam: Escape From Danang – March 27, 1975

– NBC Nightly News – March 27, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the odyssey of Vietnam wound up the last remaining weeks, the panic spread and the evacuations continued. This time is was Danang; second largest city behind Saigon and site of the largest U.S. airbase. With

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Roosevelt

Roosevelt Addresses Congress – March 4, 1939

– President Roosevelt Address to Congress – March 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For those of you who may have forgotten, today is the birthday of the founding of Congress. And 76 years ago this day, President Roosevelt addressed Congress in observance of its 150th birthday: President

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Clinton

President Clinton Addresses Congress – February 17, 1993

– President Clinton – Address to Joint Session of Congress – Feb. 17, 1993 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A wave of optimism, this February 17th in 1993. President Clinton, addressing a Joint Session of Congress, presented his plan for building the economy, cutting waste and bringing

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