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Item |
Duration (min:sec) |
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| 03:32: Robert St. John reports
on the first reports by German radio of the invasion; report from
London with communique #1 announcing the Allied invasion of
Normandy; report from Herbert M. Clark. |
23:28 |
CD1
(74:53) |
| 04:00: Report from Richard Harkness in Washington; comments from NBC war commentator Morgan
Beatty; Robert St. John reporting. |
12:37 |
| 04:15: Wright Bryan reports from
London; Robert St. John reports, playing of The Star-Spangled
Banner. |
16:45 |
| 09:00: Ed Harker reports. |
06:52 |
| 09:30: More reporting; Richard Harkness reports from Washington. |
15:11 |
| 13:00: Reporting from London;
review of the beginning of the invasion; more reporting from London;
message from King George VI of England. |
15:10 |
CD2
(75:03) |
| 16:30: WEAF identifier; Don
Hollenbeck reports; reporting by Morgan Beatty on President
Roosevelt's news conference; report by Don Goddard; reading "at a
speed so you can transcribe it" of President Roosevelt's prayer to
be read live by the President at 10 p.m. this evening; more news of
the invasion. |
30:17 |
| 20:00: Dr. Ezrael Goldstein;
Ginny Sims encourages everyone to look forward to "V-day;" Ms. Sims
interviews a wounded U.S. Army soldier, a U.S. Navy doctor, and a
U.S. Navy chaplain |
29:36 |
| 21:00: Ben Grauer hosts a show
with reaction from around the country to D-Day. Remotes are
heard from WTIC-Hartford, WSYR-Syracuse, WTAR-Norfolk, WSPD-Toledo,
WLW-Cincinnati, WMC-Memphis, KSTP-Minneapolis/St. Paul, and WKY-Oklahoma
City. |
29:18 |
CD3
(64:23) |
| 21:30: WEAF identifier; Fibber
McGee and Molly devote their show to invasion coverage interspersed
with music dedicated to the troops; NBC news in Hollywood breaks
after 25 minutes for a brief report. Lead-in to President
Roosevelt's national prayer reading at 10 p.m. |
30:03 |
| 22:15: Bob Hope hosts a sober
final show of the season from Van Nuys, California. Song by
Francis Langford. |
06:02 |
| 22:30: Fred Waring and his
Pennsylvanians perform in tribute to our fighting men. Ends
with WEAF ID. |
19:07 |
CD4
(34:09) |
| Ronald Coleman with a Poem and
Prayer for our invading army. |
15:02 |
