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Archives of Iowa Broadcasting: WHO Radio World War II

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Broadcast Recordings- World War II Broadcast Recordings

  • Broadcasts from the front in Europe and Asia during World War II, filed by reporters Herb Plambeck and Jack Shelley.
  • 1939-1952
  • Extent: 157 items

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Format

Series

Content

Date

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WWII

English Translation President Edvard Benes (Czechoslovakia) Talk

9/10/1938

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WWII

Reaction to Hitler Berlin Speech:
London-Paris-Geneva-ETC

4/28/1939

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WWII

War News London Paris

8/26/1939

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WWII

Premier Edouard Daladier (French Prime Minister)

9/3/1939

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WWII

Winston Churchill

6/18/1940

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WWII

Draft Lottery Program NBC

10/29/1940

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WWII

Draft Lottery Program NBC

10/29/1940

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WWII

Reactions to President Roosevelt's Speech
[Recorded at WHO Studios, Des Moines]

1941

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WWII

Declaration of "A National Emergency"
President Franklin Roosevelt

5/27/1941

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WWII

Declaration of "A National Emergency"
President Franklin Roosevelt

5/27/1941

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WWII

Roosevelt Speech, Winston Churchill

12/8/1941

NAB

WWII

President Roosevelt Speech to Congress
(applause in middle)

12/8/1941

NAB

WWII

Prime Minister Churchill address to U.S.

12/8/1941

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WWII

President Franklin Roosevelt Talk To Nation

12/9/1941

NAB

WWII

Bob Hope-Skinney Ennis-Jerry Colonna wartime radio show

1942

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WWII

N.B.C Winston Churchill

5/19/1943

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WWII

N.B.C Winston Churchill

5/19/1943

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WWII

Herb Plambeck FM London

7/24/1943

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WWII

Herb Plambeck FM London

8/7/1943

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WWII

Britain Through American Eyes-Herb Plambeck

8/22/1943

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WWII

N.B.C Winston Churchill

8/31/1943

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WWII

Prisoners of Japan

2/4/1944

NAB

WWII

George Hicks covers the Normandy invasion

6/8/1944

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WWII

President Franklin Roosevelt Return to Washington

11/10/1944

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WWII

Shelley for WHO

12/3/1944

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WWII

Shelley

12/5/1944

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WWII

Jack Shelley

12/8/1944

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WWII

Shelley for Station WHO

12/10/1944

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WWII

Shelley for WHO

12/16/1944

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WWII

Jack Shelley Army Front in Holland

12/21/1944

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WWII

Sky High

12/28/1944

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WWII

Jack Shell[e]y from "Somewhere in Holland" [Jack Shelley]

12/29/1944

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WWII

Chief Officer George Paulk just back from Pacific

1945

NAB

WWII

Sentimental Journey-D Day with Les Brown

1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley from "Somewhere in Holland"

1/1/1945

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WWII

Two Talks by Jack Shelley

1/8/1945

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WWII

Two Talks by Jack Shelley

1/10/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y [Jack Shelley]

1/15/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y From Belgium [Jack Shelley]

1/17/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley

1/19/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y [Jack Shelley]

1/26/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley From Holland For WHO

1/27/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y (Holland) [Jack Shelley]

1/29/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y [Jack Shelley]

1/30/1945

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WWII

Pickup From Holland

2/2/1945

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WWII

Pickup From Holland

2/2/1945

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WWII

Shell[e]y [Jack Shelley]

2/5/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/5/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck CT

3/5/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/6/1945-3/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/7/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Report on Agriculture in France
& visit with French Minister of Agriculture)

3/7/1945-3/10/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Report from 3rd Army)

3/12/1945

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WWII

Luxembourg

3/13/1945

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WWII

Luxembourg

3/13/1945

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WWII

Luxembourg No.2: Red Cross Report in
Connection Campaign

3/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck with Third Army

3/14/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/17/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from the Western Front

3/17/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/20/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/20/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Agricultural Observations in Germany)

3/20/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck CT

3/20/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/21/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Luxembourg

3/23/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Luxembourg

3/23/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

3/24/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Germany

3/25/1945

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WWII

Plambeck Luxembourg

3/26/1945

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WWII

Plambeck Luxemburg (87th Infantry Heroes)

3/26/1945-4/2/1945

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WWII

Luxembourg Herb Plambeck

3/27/1945

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WWII

Luxembourg Herb Plambeck

3/27/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck For WHO

4/2/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From WHO

4/2/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Report on Luxemburg
& Luxemburg Farming)

4/2/1945-4/10/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

4/3/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Paris

4/4/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from Paris

4/4/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck 7th Army

4/11/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from Germany

4/15/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

4/16/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (GIs on 7th Army Front cuts)

4/16/1945-4/25/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck Luxembourg

4/17/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Report on 7th Army Front Etc)

4/21/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Germany

4/21/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from Germany on Cornbelt Farm

4/21/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

4/22/1945

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WWII

Plambeck (7th Army Front)

4/25/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (POWs liberated at Stalingrad, Victory Gardens for John, Herb with Burgemeister)

4/25/1945-5/7/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Fall of Munich, Nazi birthplace,
description of Dachau Concentration Camp)

4/30/1945-5/5/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley from Guam

5/1/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from 7th Army Headquarters in Europe

5/2/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from 11th Evacuating Hospital in Germany

5/3/1945-5/17/1945

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WWII

Atomic Bomb Broadcast [KRNT]

5/11/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

5/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck from Europe

5/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck From Europe, The Judy Canova Show

5/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck Mothers Day Program, Part 1

5/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck Mothers Day Program, Part 2

5/13/1945

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WWII

Plambeck (Mothers Day Program)

5/13/1945

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WWII

Plambeck For WHO Des Moines

5/13/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

5/15/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

5/15/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Part 1 & 2)

5/15/1945

NAB

WWII

Herb Plambeck on V-E Day in Europe

5/15/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

5/16/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (7th Army Area)

5/16/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (In Connection with the Mothers Day Feature)

5/16/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (Iowa Farm Boys Black Hawk Infantry, Observation in Germany)

5/16/1945

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WWII

Plambeck in Antwerp

5/25/1945

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WWII

Plambeck in Antwerp for Cornbelt Hour May 26

5/25/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck for WHO Des Moines

5/26/1945

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WWII

Plambeck Report from Flanders Field for Memorial Day

5/26/1945-5/31/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck

5/28/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck Special Feed

6/3/1945

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WWII

Plambeck Special Feed

6/3/1945

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WWII

Plambeck Special Feed Part Two

6/3/1945

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WWII

Herb Plambeck Island of Jersey

6/14/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley

7/23/1945-7/29/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley: Short Wave Guam to San Francisco

8/2/1945

NAB

WWII

Jack Shelley on Guam After: Atomic Bomb Drop

8/11/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley

8/30/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley for WHO

9/3/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley

9/8/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley

9/11/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 1

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 2

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 3

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 4

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 5

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley Part 6

9/13/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley C of C Part 1

10/5/1945

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WWII

Jack Shelley C of C Part 4

10/5/1945

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WWII

Schulze & Burch: Air Check

10/18/1945

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WWII

Atomic Bomb Broadcast

5/11/1946

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WWII

Atomic Bomb Broadcast: ABC Network Show

5/11/1946

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WWII

Congressional Memorial to President Franklin Roosevelt

7/1/1946

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WWII

Paris Peace Conference

7/29/1946

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WWII

Bikini Atom Bomb: Hickenlooper

7/31/1946

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WWII

Report FM Paris Peace Conference

8/9/1946

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WWII

Anniversary Of Japanese Surrender

9/2/1946

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WWII

MAS General Leslie Groves: Atom Bomb; Robert St. John NBC [Recorded at WHO Studios, Des Moines]

9/11/1946

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WWII

United Nation NBC

10/23/1947

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WWII

United Nation NBC

10/23/1947

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WWII

D.A.V Interview: Jonathan Wainwright (Commander
of Allied Forces in Philippines during World War II)

8/20/1948

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WWII

NBC News Commentary on Russian Bomb

9/23/1949

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WWII

Anthony Eden Talk From Savoy Hotel
(British Foreign Secretary & Prime Minister)

8/22/1951

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WWII

Churchill Speech N.B.C

1/14/1952

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WWII

Churchill Speech N.B.C

1/14/1952

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WWII

Churchill Speech N.B.C

1/14/1952

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WWII

Winston Churchill

1/18/1952

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WWII

I Remember Kaltenborn NBC

4/4/1952

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WWII

Air Raid Siren

 

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WWII

Anthony Eden Talk- NBC

 

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WWII

Herb Plambeck (#1 with girls at Repair Depot,
#2 outside of Nuremberg)

 

1/4” tape

WWII

WHO R-135

 

NAB

WWII

Herb Plambeck on V-E Day in Europe

 

 

For more information, contact:

Kay Grigsby, MSLIS
Grant Price Endowed Archivist
kay.grigsby@wartburg.edu
(319) 352-8457

 

 

 

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