Tag World War II

Korean War

Korean War: “Get It Over By Christmas” -A World Askew – The Week Ending November 28, 1950

– NBC Radio: Voices And Events – News for Week of November 28, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No picnic, this week in November of 1950. Starting off with an out-of-control bus on a mountain road in Colorado…

Postwar world - Rome - November 1947

Postwar Europe – The High Price Of Everything – The Winter Of Discontent – November 15, 1947

November 15, 1947 – An approaching Winter and a time of much discontent in the Postwar world. The slow rebuilding of Europe was complicated by mass flooding which wiped out crops and added a severe food shortage to the already…

Europe On The Edge: Last Minute Attempts – Last Ditch Efforts – August 29, 1939

– News From Radio Berlin – News From EIAR, Rome – August 29, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war of nerves intensified on this day in 1939, a last ditch effort at negotiations was still going…

Peace

‘War Is Over – War Is Over – Peace Has Come – Peace Has Come!’ – August 14, 1945

– August 14, 1945 – Mutual – 12 Noon-2:00pm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – NBC Radio – News – August 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 14th, 78 years ago, was like…

Korea: Truce Talks – Iran: Bluff Talks – July 10, 1951

  – CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – July 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1951 was an interesting day – not so much for what it represented in the present,…

UFO Sightings – A Sky Filled With Objects From Mt. Rainier To Roswell – July 3, 1947

– Sunoco Three-Star Extra with Lowell Thomas – July 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1947 had a lot to do with looking skyward. Reports from all over the country indicated sightings of brightly colored…

Politics in Occupied japan 1950

Japan: Politics And Occupation – June 7, 1950

– June 7, 1950 – Report From Tokyo – Robert Martin, CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 1950 – Coming up on 5 years since American forces began occupying Japan. Five years since Gen. MacArthur took…

June 6, 1944

June 6, 1944 – Invasion Of Europe – Flashes Through A Darkened Sky

– June 6, 1944 – Continuous news broadcasts and bulletins – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 6, 1944 – A day etched in stone in most history books – the turning point of World War 2. Whether you remembered…