Inventory of the Soldiers of the Press sound recordings

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Title: Soldiers of the Press sound recordings
Date (inclusive): circa 1941-1945.
Collection Number: XX638
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 16 phonograph records (1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: News stories by American war correspondents, relating to Allied military, naval, and aerial operations in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific during World War II.

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Soldiers of the Press Sound Recordings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sound recordings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Journalism -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns

box 3

Richard McMillan - Covering Hommel Rout

box 4

Joe James Custer at Battle Station with U.S. Fleet

box 5

Leo Disher - UP Correspondent Decorated by Army for Heroism at Oran (2 copies)

box 6

Robert Bellaire - Interned in Tokyo Concentration Camp (2 copies)

box 7

William Tyree with U.S. Pacific Fleet

box 8

Frank Hewlett's Story of the Fall of Bataan

box 9

Ned Russell - The Siege of Stuka Acres

box 10

Robert Martin Rides with Bombers over Haiphong

box 11

Frank Hewlett with Allied Forces that Captured Buna

box 12

Northwest of Stalingrad with Henry Shapiro

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One for the Sergeant - with Henry Gorrell in North Africa

box 16

A Letter to Mrs. Marshall - with UP Correspondent Leo Disher

box 17

A Son of Bushido - with UP Correspondent Robert Miller on Guadalcanal

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Hit the Silk - Donald Coe with Paratroopers in North Africa

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Somewhere in the South Pacific - Francis McCarthy with U.S. Task Force

box 20

Wings over Wilhelmshaven - Walter Cronkite with American Bomber Crews Raiding Germany

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Engage the Enemy - Phil Ault's Story of the Battle of Kasserine Pass

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Objective GAFSA - UP Correspondent Phil Ault with American Forces in Tunisia

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Desert Air-Drome - UP Correspondent C. R. Cunningham at an Advance British Fighter Base in Africa

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Engagement at Sea - UP Correspondent Francis McCarthy with U.S. Pacific Task Force

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Hazardous Flight - UP Correspondent Robert P. Martin with American Air Force in China

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Assignment to Shangri-La - UP Correspondent Joe James Custer's Story of the Tokyo Bombing Raid

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Dry Martini - UP Correspondent Walter Cronkite's Story from a U.S. Bomber Base in England

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Atlantic Convoy - UP Correspondents Vermillion and Richards Tell of Battle with Submarine Pack

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Night Patrol - UP Correspondent Clinton B. Conger aboard British Motor Torpedo Boat

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Hill 609 - UP Correspondent Edward W. Beattie's Story of the Fall of Tunis

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Halfway to Tokyo - UP Correspondent Russell Annabell's Description of the American Occupation of Amchitka

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The Burma Front - UP Correspondent Walter Briggs with British and American Forces in Burma

box 35

Attack on Attu - UP Correspondent Russell Annabell with American Forces in the Aleutians