Sound Recordings
1941-1946
State-sponsored broadcasts
1942-1944
Scope and Contents note
Sound recordings of Radio Tokyo, Voice of China, Australian radio, and Thai radio.
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Audio letter home from prisoner-of-war Martin A. Ravansky
1942 December 7
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Australian radio and Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 187-188
1942 June 14
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Australian and Radio Tokyo radio transmissions
1942 March 16-17
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Australian radio and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 21-22
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
AUST, 430A, 3/21
TK, 5A, 3/21
Side B label reads:
MEL, 430A, 3/22/42
TK, 500A, 3/22/42
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Australian radio and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 23
Scope and Contents note
Australian radio provides an update on the Allied forces in the Pacific Theater.
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Australian radio and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 209-210
1942 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #209, Australia
Part 2: #209, Voice of China
Part 3: #210, Australia, 1201A
Part 4: #210, Australia, 700A
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Australian radio transmissions
1942 March 28
March 30 1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
AUST
430A
3/28/42
Side B label reads:
AUST
430A
3/30/42
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Australian radio, Radio Tokyo, Voice of China, and London Calling broadcasts, numbers 173-174
1942 June 22
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #173, Australia
Part 2: #173, Australia
Part 3: #173, Radio Tokyo
Part 4: #174, Voice of China
Part 5: #174, London Calling
Part 6: #174, Radio Tokyo
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Australian radio, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 March 25
Scope and Contents note
Part 1:
Australia, 430A
Radio Tokyo, 500A
Part 2:
Voice of China 745A, 800A
The 745A broadcast is two articles, the first about U.S. General Stilwell, and the second about the conflict between China
and Japan.
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Australian radio, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 159-160
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #159, Australia
Part 2: #159, Radio Tokyo makes the case for America being the aggressor in the Pacific, citing economic sanctions and American
internal memos prior to the Pearl Harbor bombing. It then goes on to a general news roundup.
Part 3: #160, Australia
Part 4: #160, Radio Tokyo
Part 5: #160, Voice of China news roundup; includes a segment about Chiang Kai-Shek's crackdown on opium smoking, blaming
the problem on the Japanese.
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Australian radio, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 167-168
1942 June 20
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #167, Australian news roundup
Part 2: #167, Radio Tokyo broadcasts messages home of American POWs
Part 3: #167
Part 4: #167, Voice of China
Part 5: #168, Radio Tokyo news roundup
Part 6: #168, Voice of China
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Australian, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China radio broadcasts during World War II
1941
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
Inside sounds like Australia
Outside - Japan war prisoners
Side B label reads:
CK
800A
3/26/41
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Australian, Voice of China, and Radio Tokyo transmissions
1942 April 25
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
Chungking
Australia fades into Chungking
Outside Tokyo #239
Apr 25, 1942
Side B label reads:
Australia
Toko
Australia
Australia #240
Apr 1942
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B. Bowe broadcast recording
1942 November 23
Scope and Contents note
Recording of a radio broadcast from the airwaves.
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Bangkok radio broadcast
1943 March 21
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Broadcasting Corporation of Japan radio transmissions
1942 January 15-February 16
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions concerning military conflicts in Southeast Asia, especially the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. These
broadcasts were recorded onto lacquer disc from airwaves.
Side A label reads: #105 TK, 1030P, 1-15-42 TK, 500A, 1-16-42 CK, 700A, 1-16-42
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Chungking, Australian, and Tokyo radio transmission
1942 June
Scope and Contents note
Various news radio broadcasts from Chungking, Australia, and Tokyo.
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Coded radio transmissions and Radio Saigon broadcast
1942 February 20
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#87, Code-this face, 2/20/42
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Coded radio transmissions and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 23
March 20 1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
PMA, 430P
TK, 710P
TK(1), 8:30P
2-23-42
Side B label reads:
2, DLV, 800A, 2-23-42
TK, 400P, 2-23-42
1, TK, 400P, 3/20/42
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Coded radio transmissions and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 18-20
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#81, PMA, 430P, 2-18-42
Side B label reads
#82
TK, 830P, 2-18-42
TK, 400P, 2-20-42
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Coded radio transmissions, Voice of China broadcast, and Radio Tokyo broadcast
1942 February 18
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Coded signals from 800A, 2-18-42
Part 2:
Voice of China broadcasts articles for the United Press.
Radio Tokyo broadcasts letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
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Coded signal and Radio Tokyo transmissions
1942 February 19-21
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
PMA, 430P, 2/19/42
Translation
TK, 400P, 2-21-42
Side B label reads:
CK, 700A, 2-20-42
TK, 1030P, 2-20-42
TK, 830P, 2-21-42
TK, 1030P, 2-21-42
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Coded signal and Voice of China radio transmissions
1942 February 24- 25
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
PMA 1
430P
2-24-42
Side B label reads:
PMA, 430P, 2-24-42
3, CH, 700A, 2-25-42
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Coded signal radio transmissions from 17 February and Radio Tokyo broadcasts from 18 February
1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A is coded signal transmissions.
Side B is Radio Tokyo broadcasts.
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Coded signal radio transmissions sound recordings
1942 February 21
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#91 PMA 1 Code
430P
2-21-42
Side B label reads:
#92 PMA 2 Code
430P
2-21-42
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Coded signal transmissions and Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcast sound recordings
1941 February 20-21
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 85, PMA, 430P, 2 Feb 1941
Side B: Recording No. 86, Tokyo, 500A, and Chungking, 700A, 21 Feb 1942
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Coded signal transmissions from 19 February and Radio Tokyo broadcasts from 20 February
1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#89, PLV, 800A, 2-19-42
Side B label reads:
#90
2, Code Inside, PLV, 801A, 2-19-42
Outside 2, TK, 830P, 2-20-42
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East Asian broadcasts
1942 March 6-7
Access
Use copy reference number: 58011_a_0001770
Scope and Contents note
Side A cut 1 is a news broadcast about the Asian theater of World War II. Cut 2 is a reading of the text of speeches by such
figures as Chiang Kai-shek.
Side B cut 1 is a broadcast of the Broadcasting Corporation of Japan. Cut 2 is a Voice of China broadcast.
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National Broadcasting Company reading of General Wainwright's order on the surrender of the Philippines
1942 May 5
Scope and Contents note
This recording is a reading of General Jonathan M. Wainwright's order of surrender to his soldiers.
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News roundup of Chinese response to Japanese advances and battles
1942 June
Scope and Contents note
Voice of China provides an update on the Chinese and Japanese armed forces' conflicts, prisoners taken, and counts of casualties.
Following is a synopsis of Chiang Kai-Shek's visit to the Chinese central military academy or its "West Point," as the journalist
calls it. It was the 18th anniversary of the founding of the academy.
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PLV coded signals and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: PLV, 3 Mar 1942
Part 2: Radio Tokyo, 3 Mar 1942, 500A
Part 3: Radio Tokyo, 3 Mar 1942, 400P. Messages home from American POWs.
Part 4: Radio Tokyo, 13 Mar 1942, 400P
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Radio Bangkok and Radio Tokyo broadcast recordings
1942 October 14
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Radio Bangkok broadcast recording
1942 October 13
Scope and Contents note
Recording from the airwaves of Radio Bangkok and Radio Tokyo transmitting in Thai to Thailand.
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Radio Bangkok broadcasts sound recording
1943 May 13
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
No. B 1
DATE 5/13/43 TIME 6:04-6:15, 6:19-6:31
PROGRAM over for rest
FROM Bangkok
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Radio Chungking and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 11
Scope and Contents note
Side A is about the prices of goods and smuggling in Japan-controlled China.
Side B is a reading of letters home from American POWs held by Japan.
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Radio Chungking and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 13
February 16 1942
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Radio Chungking and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 17
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording No. 31, Radio Chungking.
Part 2: Recording No. 32, Radio Tokyo.
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Radio Chungking and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 21-22
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 47, Radio Chungking, 7:00 News, Radio Tokyo, 7:30P, 21 Jan 1942
Side B: Recording No. 48, Radio Tokyo, 930P, and Radio Chungking, 600A, 22 Jan 1942
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Radio Chungking broadcast from 14 January and Radio Tokyo broadcast from 15 January
1942
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording No. 51, Chungking
Part 2: Recording No. 52, Tokyo
No. 51 possibly also contains a radio broadcast from Australia.
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Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 18
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #33 Radio Chungking, 18 Jan 1942, 700AM
Part 2: #34 Radio Chungking, 18 Jan 1942
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Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 20
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 41, Chungking, 600AM
Side B: Recording No. 42, Chungking, 700AM
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Radio Saigon, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 January 23-March 20
Scope and Contents note
Organizations from Saigon and Tokyo offer, in English, news updates regarding the war.
Part 1 (Side A):
Radio Saigon, 23 Jan 1942
Part 2 (Side A):
Radio Tokyo, 17 Mar 1942
Radio Tokyo, 20 Mar 1942
Part 3 (Side B):
Voice of China from Chungking, 700A, 23 Jan 1942
Radio Tokyo, 830A, 20 Mar 1942
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Radio Saigon, Radio Tokyo, and Voice of China transmissions
1942 January 13
Scope and Contents note
These transmissions concern the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Radio Tokyo and Australian radio broadcasts
1942 January 22
Scope and Contents note
Parts 1: Radio Tokyo, 6:10PM, 22 January 1942. A news/propaganda roundup, the anchor reads a proclamation about why Burma
should ally with Japan. This is followed by messages home from American POW Major Putnam of Coronado, California.
Part 2: Unidentified radio broadcast about developments in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Part 3: Radio Tokyo news roundup and messages home from American POWs.
Part 4: Melbourne, 7:30AM. A news roundup.
Part 5: Dead air and a short clip of music.
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Radio Tokyo and Australian radio broadcasts numbers 185-186
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #185, Radio Tokyo. A news roundup followed by messages home from American POWs.
Part 2: #185, Australia
Part 3: #186, Radio Tokyo followed by Voice of China
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Radio Tokyo and Australian radio broadcasts, numbers 145-146
1942 May 27-28
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Radio Tokyo broadcasts messages home from American POWs. One is from San Mateo, CA, and the other from Washington,
DC. Sound quality is exceptionally poor.
Part 2: Australia
Part 3: Australia / Messages home from American POWs in Japan
Part 4: Messages home from American POWs in Japan
Part 5: Noises
Part 6: Unidentified story about raft survival.
Part 7: Australia
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Radio Tokyo and Australian radio transmissions
1942 March 27
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Radio Tokyo and Australian radio transmissions from 27 Mar 1942
Side B: Undated Australian transmissions.
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 13-14
Scope and Contents note
Includes two recordings (parts 2 and 4) that are completely unrelated to radio transmissions (a recordist's family recordings).
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 14
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 23
Radio Tokyo provides news and analysis concerning the war against the UK, USA, and in the Pacific in general.
Side B: Recording No. 24
Radio Chungking provides a news roundup.
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 22
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 45, Radio Tokyo, 4AM, 22 Jan 1942
Side B: Recording No. 46, Radio Tokyo, 645A, and Radio Chungking, 700A, 22 Jan 1942
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 February 22-23
Scope and Contents note
On side A, Radio Tokyo provides an update on the war. In the process, it describes the failure of American attacks against
Japan and recalls events in Burma, Hong Kong, Chungking, and Thailand. It calls for India to rise up against British imperialism.
Side B is news and analysis from Radio Chungking.
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking broadcasts
1942 January 22-23
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 57. Radio Tokyo, 9:30PM and 6:45AM on 22 Jan 1942, and 300PM on 23 Jan 1942
Side B: Recording No. 58. Radio Tokyo, 1:00AM, and Radio Chungking, 6:00AM, 23 Jan 1942
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Chungking transmissions
1942 March 12-13
Scope and Contents note
Radio Tokyo focuses on India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Radio Chungking focuses on China, but sounds like the transmissions were jammed by a third party.
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Radio Tokyo and Radio Saigon broadcasts
1942 January 12
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Radio Tokyo, 12 Jan 1942, 3:00PM.
Part 2: Radio Saigon, 12 Jan 1942
Radio Tokyo provides an update of Japanese military advances throughout the Pacific. Radio Saigon broadcasts a general international
news report.
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 February 15
Scope and Contents note
Radio Tokyo and Voice of China report on the fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 February 19
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Radio Tokyo presents the news on the evening of 19 Feb 1942
Part 2: The Voice of China comments on an address by Chiang Kai-Shek on the New Life Movement.
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 March 3
March 5 1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
TK, 400P, 3/3/42
TK, 610P, 3/3/42
TK, 710P, 3/3/42
TK, 830P, 3/5/42
Side B label reads:
TK, 500A, 3-5-42
CK, 800A, 3-5-42
TK, 4P, 3-5-42
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts
1942 January 31
March 28 1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#103
TOKYO, 610P, 1-31-42
TOKYO, 730P, 1/31/42
TK, 710P, 3/28/42
Side B label reads:
#104
CK, 700A, 1-31-42
TOKYO, 300P, 1-31-42
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 121-122
1942 February 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Unidentified, possibly the Voice of China.
Part 2: #121, Radio Tokyo, 645A
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 129-130
circa 1942 February 5-6
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #129, Tokyo, 645A, 2-5-42
Part 2: #129, Tokyo, 610P, 2-6-45
Part 3: #130, Chungking, 700A, 2-5-42
(The 1945 date is possibly a typo found on the original disc label.)
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China broadcasts, numbers 141-142
1942 February 13-14
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #141, Radio Tokyo, 13 Feb 1942, 11:30PM. Concerns Singapore and other locations in Southeast Asia.
Part 2: #141, Radio Tokyo, 14 Feb 1942, 2:00A.
Part 3: #141, Radio Tokyo, 14 Feb 1942, 5:00A.
Part 4: #142, Voice of China, 14 Feb 1942, probably 6:00AM. This broadcast was heavily jammed, and the disc groove was considerably
worn. Both contribute to significantly reduced sound quality.
Part 5: #142, Radio Tokyo, undated. Additional news coverage of action in Southeast Asia.
Part 6: Morse code?
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China radio broadcasts
1942 March 3-6
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
2 PLV, 800A, 3-3-42
TK TK, 500A, 3-4-42
2 CK, 800A, 3-6-42
TK, 710PM, 3-6-42
Side B label reads:
CK UP
730A
3-4-42
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China radio broadcasts, numbers 125 and 126
1942 February 4
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Radio Tokyo, recording #125, 4 Feb 1942, 400A
Part 2: Voice of China, recording #126, 4 Feb 1942, 600A
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 11
Scope and Contents note
10:30 PWT - 11:00 PWT
These English-language broadcasts concern the Japanese advances on Singapore, Vietnam, Shanghai, and other locations in Asia.
It focuses on how Japan is beating both the United States and the United Kingdom in the war.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 12-13
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 12 Jan 1942, 7:30 PM
Part 2: 13 Jan 1942, 1:00 AM
Radio Tokyo gives an update on the war. It describes the advances of the Japanese forces throughout the Pacific.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 15
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 16-17
March 29
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
TK, 400P, 2-16-42
TK, 710P, 2-16-42
TK, 400P, 3/29/42
Side B label reads:
TK, 500A, 2-17-42
CK, 700A, 2-17-42
Radio Tokyo gives updates on the war and reads letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 19
February 21 1942
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts from 2 March and Voice of China broadcast from 3 March
1942
Scope and Contents note
Part 1:
Radio Tokyo provides an update of the war before reading letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
Part 2:
Radio Tokyo provides an update on the war against the Allies, focusing on the Dutch East Indies.
Part 3:
Voice of China comments on the fighting in the Dutch East Indies before speaking about issues concerning Korea.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 23-24
March 17
Scope and Contents note
Side A (Parts 1-3), label reads:
TOKYO, 9:30PM ALSO PofW, 1-23-42
T, 730P, 1-24-42
Side B (Parts 4- ), label reads:
1
TOKYO, 100A, 1-24-42
TK, 610P, 3/17/42
TK, 730P, 3/17/42
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 25-26
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Recording No. 61, 300PM, 610 PM, 25 Jan 1942
This recording concerns the declaration of war of Thailand against the UK and USA.
Side B: Recording No. 62, 100am, 26 Jan 1942
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 7
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording No. 49, 6:45A and 7:30P
Part 2: Recording No. 50, 3:00P
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 7-8
Scope and Contents note
Sound quality is poor throughout.
In the first cut on side A, Radio Tokyo reads letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
The second and third cuts are news roundups of Japan's advances in the Pacific.
Side B features similar programs in three cuts.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts from 9 and 10 March and Voice of China broadcast from 10 March
1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
TK, 710P, 3/9/42
TK, 500A, 3/10/42
TK, 830P, 3/10/42
Side B label reads:
CK, 8A, 3/10/42
TK, 4p, 3/10/42
TK, 710P, 3/10/42
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 11-12
1942 January 9
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #11, 3:00PM. A news roundup of the Japanese advances against British and American forces in various locations, mostly
in Southeast Asia.
Part 2: #12, 7:30PM. A news roundup.
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Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 119-120
1942 February 2
Scope and Contents note
Parts 1-3: TOKYO, 300P, 2-2-42
Parts 4-5: TOKYO, 600P, 2-2-42
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Radio Tokyo in Thai
1942 April 14
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Radio Tokyo radio transmissions
1942 February 8
Scope and Contents note
Side A: In the first cut, an announcer for Radio Tokyo reads, in English, the names of captured American soldiers and their
messages to loved ones back home.
The second cut is nearly intelligible due to reception issues cut into the disc groove.
The third cut recounts advances of Japanese forces before returning to the list of captured Americans.
Side B: An anchor reports the advances of the Japanese forces.
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Radio Tokyo, Australia, and Voice of China radio broadcasts
1942 May
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording #161, Radio Tokyo and Australian broadcasts
Part 2: Recording #161, Australian broadcast
Part 3: Recording #161, Radio Tokyo broadcast
Part 4: Recording #162, Voice of China
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Radio Tokyo, Radio Chungking, and Radio Saigon broadcasts
1942 March 15-16
Scope and Contents note
Radio Tokyo gives an update on the war and provides advice for America.
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Radio Tokyo, Voice of China, Australian, and Radio Saigon broadcasts
1942 February 8
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#69
TOKYO, 400, 2-8-42
CK, 600A, 2-8-42
Side B label reads:
#70
MB, 730A, 2-8-42
SAIG, 740A, 2-8-42
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Radio Tokyo, Voice of China, and Australia radio broadcasts, numbers 177-178
circa 1942 June 7-8
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
Inside-Tokyo-June 7 or 8
Outside Chungking
#177
June 1942
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Radio Tokyo, Voice of China, and Australian radio broadcasts
1942 May 29-30
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #155, Radio Tokyo
Part 2: #155, Voice of China
Part 3: #155, Radio Tokyo reads American soldiers' letters home.
Part 4: #156, Radio Tokyo reads American soldiers' letters home.
Part 5: #156, Australian radio broadcast from 9:30P, 29 May 1942
Part 6: #156, Big band jazz
Part 7: #156, Australian radio broadcast from 4:30A, 30 May 1942
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Radio broadcasts
1940 March 20-21
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China speaks about U.S. Gen Stilwell before providing a general news update of the war.
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Radio broadcasts
1942 March 27-28
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
CK, 800A, 3/27/42
Side B label reads:
AUST, 100A, 3/28/42
TK, 200A, 3/28/42
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Radio broadcasts from Tokyo, Austraila, and Delhi
1942 March 15
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Side A:
TK, 500A, 3/15/42
Part 2: Side B:
AUST, 730A, 3/15/42
Part 3: Side B:
DELHI, 845A, 3/15/42
TK, 400P, 3/15/42
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Radio transmissions
1943 March 1-8
Scope and Contents note
Side A: #3 - 6:30-3:33, 7:00-7:10 - 1 Mar 1943
Side B: #3 - 7:04-7:15 - 8 Mar 1943
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Radio transmissions
1943 February 15-17
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves.
Side A: 7:10-7:14 on 15 Feb 1943, transmission from 17 Feb 1943
Side B: 6:45-6:59 on 17 Feb 1943
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Radio transmissions
1943 March 11
Scope and Contents note
6:09-6:22, 6:23-6:31, 7:00-7:05
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Radio transmissions
1942 March 14
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
AUST
730A
3/14/42
TK
400P
3/14/42
Side B label reads:
TK
500A
3/14/42
CK
800A
3/14/42
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Radio transmissions
1942 January 24-25
February 1
Scope and Contents note
These recordings are English-language radio broadcasts. Some sound like American-produced programs, others like Asian-produced
programs.
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Radio transmissions
1942 January 26
February 1
Scope and Contents note
These radio transmissions concern the Australian, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese experiences in World War II.
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Radio transmissions
1942 March 31-April 1
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#206
TK, (1115P), 1030P, 3/31/42
AUST, 1201A MIDNITE, 4/1/42
Side B label reads:
#205
AUST
200A
4-1-42
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Radio transmissions
1942 April 8-9
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads: 95
CH, 940P, 4-8-42
TK, 400P, 4-8-42
#215
Side B label reads: TK 700P, 4/8/42
TK 200A, 4/9/42
TK 400P, 4/9/42
#216
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Radio transmissions
1942 April 27
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads: Inside [???]
Tokyo
Outside Chungking #229
Apr 27, 1942?
Side B label reads: Inside
Tokyo + Australia
Outside - Chungking
About Apr ?1-3? 1942
#230
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Recording concerning Bangkok and Saigon
1942 November 22
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Sound recording, 6:02-6:23
1943 February 17
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 2/17/43 #1
after first inch
6:02-6:23
Part 2: Unidentified music recording
Part 3: Unidentified broadcast
Part 4: Unidentified broadcast
Part 5: Unidentified broadcast
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Sound recordings 233 and 234
1942 April 19-May 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: War news from Australia, Voice of China broadcast on war news.
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Sound recordings 235 and 236
1942 April
Scope and Contents note
These recordings are various news broadcasts updating the listener on war efforts in the Pacific as well as some domestic
issues, such as higher education in China (in number 235 / part 1).
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Sound recordings 237 and 238
1942 April
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #237, POW letters home, war news roundup.
Part 2: #238, War news roundup, especially as applied to Australia.
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Sound recordings
1942 December 26
1943 January 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 3 Jan 1943
Part 2: Bangk, 26 Dec 1942, 6:00-6:29
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Sound recordings
1943 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:6:07-6:29
4/3/43 #1
A note on the original sleeve label reads:4/3/43 #1+2.
I think a large part after 6:30 is not news, but there was no gong till 6:45, so I cut it all. The reception till 7:07 was
very bad, so I missed some of that part.
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Thai from Bangkok, 6:00 AM, sound recording
1942 November 20
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Thai from Bangkok
11/20/42 - 6.00AM
BB recorded - 33rpm inside out
Part 2 is not described.
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Thai from Bangkok on 24 November, 06:00 AM, and 15 January, 06:59, sound recordings
1942-1943
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 11/24/42 Thai from Bangkok
600 AM
Part 2: 1/15 #3, 6:59-7:10
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Thai radio broadcasts
1943 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 6:06 - 6:28
Part 2: 6:29 - 6:53
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Tokyo Board of Information, Radio Tokyo, Voice of China recordings
1942 February 6
Scope and Contents note
Side A: The first cut is a news report. The second cut is soldiers' notes home from Japan. The third cut is also a news report.
Side B is a single cut Voice of China news report and editorial transmission to North America regarding the Asian theater
of the war.
Cuts sound like they were recorded from airwaves.
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Unidentified Asian radio broadcast
1943 February 15
Scope and Contents note
2/15/43
6.00 all news
ou
#2
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Unidentified Asian radio broadcasts
1943 January 2-5
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads: 1/2/43 #1, 6:05-6:29
Side B label reads: 1/5 #3, outside, 7:06-7:16. Side B has two cuts on it.
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Unidentified Asian radio broadcasts
1943 February 20
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The source disc label reads: 7:01 - 7:06, #3
Part 2: The source disc label reads: 7:07 - 7:11, #4
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Voice of China and Australia Calling radio broadcasts
1942 January 10
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China provides an update on the war.
Part 2: Australia Calling radio report similarly provides war news, especially as it applies to the United Kingdom's interest
in the Pacific War.
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Voice of China and Australia Calling radio broadcasts
1942 January 12
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Voice of China
Part 2: Australia Calling
Both programs offer an update on the war.
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Voice of China and Australian radio broadcasts, numbers 227-228
1942 April 22
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #227, A Voice of China news roundup, mostly about the Pacific Theater, but includes a discussion about Franco's relationship
with Europe and the United States.
Part 2: #227, Radio Tokyo
Part 3: #228, Voice of China
Part 4: #228, Australia
Part 5: #228, Voice of China
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 11
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China provides a news update on the war before reading an article examining the relationship between
Japan and Germany.
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 14
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China provides a news update on a variety of stories, from snow in Chungking to the war. Radio Tokyo
broadcasts letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
Part 2: Radio Tokyo provides the news on the war. It then reads letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 January 15
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Voice of China
Part 2: Radio Tokyo
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 February 17
Scope and Contents note
The Voice of China, broadcasting from Chungking, and Radio Tokyo each provide an update of the fighting in the Pacific Theater
of World War II. A strong focus on the news is the fall of Singapore. Radio Tokyo also broadcasts letters home from American
prisoners.
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 18
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China 745A broadcast is a reading of articles intended for United Press. The first concerns the production
of war supplies by China. The second concerns ending the currencies black market.
The Voice of China 800A broadcast concerns the foreign relations of the Chinese government.
Part 2: The Voice of China 800A broadcast is a roundup of news in the war.
Part 3: A Radio Tokyo broadcast of letters home from American prisoners-of-war.
Part 4: A Radio Tokyo broadcast about the Japanese advances on China.
Part 5: A Radio Tokyo broadcast about the Japanese advances throughout the Pacific.
Part 6: A Radio Tokyo news roundup of various stories.
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts
1942 March 9
Scope and Contents note
Side A (Part 1) has two grooves in it. The label reads:
CK, 400A, 3/9/42
Side B (Part 2) has four grooves on it. The center label reads:
TK, 500A, 3/9/42
TK, 400P, 3/9/42
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 115-116
1942 February 1
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording 115, 600A
Part 2: Recording 116, 400A
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo radio broadcasts
1942 January 19
Scope and Contents note
Side A: #35 Voice of China (XGOY, Chungking)
Side B: #36 Radio Tokyo
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Voice of China and Radio Tokyo radio broadcasts
1942 March 17-22
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
CK, 800A, 3/17/42
TK, 900P, 3/17/42
Side B label reads:
TK, 500A, 3/18/42
TK, 1030P, 3-22-42
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Voice of China and Saigon radio broadcasts
1942 January 9
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Voice of China
Part 2: Saigon
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Voice of China broadcasts
1942 February 4
Scope and Contents note
The Voice of China describes two articles in the media. It also provides a general update on the war.
Additional, unrelated music broadcasts are also on the original disc.
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Voice of China radio broadcast and coded signal transmission sound recordings
1942 March 11
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
CK UP
730A
3-11-42
Side B label reads:
PLV
2
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Voice of China radio broadcasts from 28 January and Radio Tokyo broadcast from 29 January
1942
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
#65
CHUNGKING, 6:45A UP, 1-28-42
TOKYO, 930P, 1-29-42
Side B label reads:
#66
CK
British Article
1-28-42
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Voice of China radio transmissions
1942 February 9
Scope and Contents note
These recordings were made from the airwaves.
On side A, #139, a reporter for the Voice of China describes events in China, including a meeting of Chinese dignitaries and
news about the war effort.
Side B concerns China, Japan, and other locations in Southeast Asia (Rangoon, Singapore, etc.).
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Voice of China, Australian radio, and Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 165-166
1942 June 17
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #165, Voice of China
Part 2: #165, Voice of China
Part 3: #165, Australia
Part 4: #166, Australia
Part 5: #166, Australia
Part 6: #166, Radio Tokyo
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Voice of China, Australian radio, and Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 179-180
1942 June
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #179, Voice of China
Part 2: #179, Australia
Part 3: #180, Radio Tokyo
Part 4: #180, Australia
Part 5: #180, Radio Tokyo. Messages of American POWs.
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Voice of China, Australian radio, and Radio Tokyo broadcasts, numbers 201-202
1942 April
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #201, Voice of China
Part 2: #201, Australia
Part 3: #201, Australia
Part 4: #201, Radio Tokyo fades into Australia
Part 5: #201, Radio Tokyo reports on the Japan-Thai alliance.
Part 6: #202, Voice of China
Part 7: #202, Radio Tokyo
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Voice of China, Radio Saigon, Radio Tokyo, and Melbourne radio broadcasts, numbers 117-118
1942 February 2
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #117, Voice of China, 600A
Part 2: #117, Radio Saigon, 745A
Part 3: #118, Radio Tokyo, 640A
Part 4: #118, Melbourne, 730A
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Voice of China, Radio Tokyo, and Australian radio broadcasts, number 211-212
1942 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #211, Chungking, 820A, 4-3-42. The Voice of China analyzes Chinese action in Burma.
Part 2: Radio Tokyo broadcasts American POWs' messages home.
Part 3: #212, Tokyo, 710P, 4-3-42. Radio Tokyo news roundup and message home from US soldiers.
Part 4: Australian news
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Voice of China, Radio Tokyo, and Australian radio broadcasts, numbers 151-152
1942 May
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: #151, Voice of China. A news roundup. Included in this is a discussion of food availability and prices.
Part 2: #151, Non-program signals. They were cut onto the disc as two separate cuts.
Part 3: #152, Radio Tokyo news roundup.
Part 4: #152, A short, anti-Semitic propaganda program.
Part 5: #152, Short clip of classical music.
Part 6: #152
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Voice of China, Radio Tokyo, and Radio Saigon broadcasts on 7 January and Radio Tokyo broadcast on 26 March
1942
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: The Voice of China reports the news of the war, especially as it applied to the Hunan capitol.
Radio Tokyo reports on the advances of the Japanese forces, such as at Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.
Part 2: A broadcast from Saigon gives a roundup of news from the Pacific Theater of the war.
American correspondent reports
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Sound recordings of American journalists reporting from the Pacific Theater of World War II on the advances of the United
States' armed forces, the subsequent occupation, and Operation Crossroads.
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Administrative radio transmission
1944 December 4
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
Job 92
Dec 4 44
Gaum Talk Back
Thornton
#188
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Administrative radio transmissions
1944 December 3
Scope and Contents note
This is an administrative transmission about a report from Leslie Nichols.
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Admiral Nimitz and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 April
Scope and Contents note
Disc 341: After issuing a communiqué, Admiral Nimitz speaks about the American invasion of Okinawa.
Following, Jack Mahon comments on the news, providing context.
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American Red Cross and Jack Mahon radio reports
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, a reporter for the American Red Cross interviews American soldiers that have just been freed from Japanese captivity.
In part 2, Jack Mahon reports from sea about the last victory over the Japanese.
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American journalist radio reports concerning World War II
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon reports in the first cut, though most of his words are unintelligible due to interference noises.
Bob Brumby reports from Tokyo on an attempt by him and others to take over Radio Tokyo. His words are also jammed in parts,
though most is intelligible, if of poor sound quality.
Two other journalists interview Major Pappy Boyington, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Boyinton recalls being
shot down and being held as a prisoner-of-war by Japan.
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American radio report on the reestablishment of civilian Filipino government
1945 February 26
Scope and Contents note
Recording 262: Coverage of the handover of power from General MacArthur to the Commonwealth government. MacArthur and the
Filipino president both speak.
Sound quality is poor due to bad radio reception.
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American radio reports from the Pacific around the time of the Battle of Okinawa
1945
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Cut 383, CBS shot.
Gene Ryder reports on the aircraft and fighting of the American forces against Japan.
Part 2: Cut 384, Special Army shot for all nets
Brigadier General Ernest Moore describes the accomplishment of his pilots in the war. The recording also features Major DeWitt
Spain, one of the pilots.
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American soldiers on Guam and radio personality sound recordings
1945 December 18
Scope and Contents note
A radio personality rehearses various advertisements and news stories.
Four American soldiers recount what it is like to spend Christmas on Guam and send messages home to their families. The soldiers
are Lieutenant George Hansen of Baltimore, Marines Private Yokem of Riverside (Conn.), radioman second class Alfred Gregory
of Philadelphia (Penn.), and Ensign Richard Trull of Dunellen (N.J.).
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Arthur Primm interviews Vice Admiral John H. Hoover
1944 February 22
Scope and Contents note
Vice Admiral Hoover talks about the importance for Iwo Jima. He also describes his experiences on D-Day.
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Arthur Primm interviews crew members of the
Bismarck Sea
1945 March 30
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Arthur Primm interviews survivors of the
Bismarck Sea
1945 March 30
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Arthur Primm radio report
1945 February 27
Scope and Contents note
Recording 264: Primm reports about American air attacks on the Tokyo area.
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Bob Brumby and Don Bell radio report
1945 April 5
Scope and Contents note
From Chungking, Brumby reports about Don Bell's return to journalism following time in a Japanese prison. Bell then speaks
himself about his experiences, beginning with getting shot down by the Japanese.
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Bob Brumby and Don Bell radio reports
1945 June 24
Scope and Contents note
Bob Brumby reports from Okinawa and Don Bell reports from Manila about the American advances in the Pacific.
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Bob Brumby and Don Bell radio reports, number 594
1945 July 1
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Bob Brumby reports on the Japanese being on the defensive against American and Australian forces.
Part 2: Don Bell
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Bob Brumby and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945
Scope and Contents note
Disc 743: Bob Brumby reports from Tokyo. He describes what it's like in the newly liberated Korea, from which he recently
came.
Jack Mahon reports from Tokyo on the recovery of Hideki Tōjō following his attempted suicide earlier that day.
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Bob Brumby interviews three prominent journalism professionals
1945 March 30
Scope and Contents note
Disc 331: Bob Brumby interviews Wilbur S. Forest of the
New York Herald-Tribune; Carl W. Ackerman, dean of the Columbia school of journalism; and Ralph E. McGill, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution. They are touring world capitols to help ensure a free-flow of news across the world in the post-war era.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 April 11
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports on the relationship between the Chinese and communists, especially as it pertains to the Chinese delegation
to the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports on the reaction of the Chinese to the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 March 16
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports on Japan's retreat from occupied areas.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports about the fighting Burma, saying one bout has finished and another has begun.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 July 20
Scope and Contents note
Brumby describes the activities of Chinese resistance to Japan in Southern China near Canton and Hong Kong.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 April 4
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports from Chungking on the Chinese reaction to events at the United Nations Conference on International Organization
in San Francisco. He concentrates on the importance of China's votes in the United Nations, how it relates to the Western
powers, and the Soviet Union's role in all of the above.
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Bob Brumby radio report from Okinawa
1945 August 23
Scope and Contents note
Disc 698: Brumby reports for the Mutual Broadcasting System. His focus is on what will become of Japanese soldiers as prisoners
and what General MacArthur will do.
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Bob Brumby radio report number 320
circa 1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports from Chungking on the status of the war in the Burma area.
The original disc carrier had two cuts of the same program, resulting in two digital files.
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Bob Brumby radio report number 366A
1945 April 4
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports about the Chinese reaction to preparations for the United Nations Conference of International Organization.
He focuses on the one vote the United States will have as compared to the three votes the Soviet Union will have.
There are two copies of this report on the original disc. The second is radially crossed out with wax, resulting in reduced
sound quality and continual click/pop sounds throughout the recording.
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Bob Brumby radio report number 379
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: False start
Part 2: Brumby reports from Chungking about the Russian neutrality pact with Japan.
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Bob Brumby radio report number 379A
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: False start
Part 2: Brumby reports from Chungking about the Russian neutrality pact with Japan.
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Bob Brumby radio report
1945 July 14
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports for the Mutual Broadcasting System from Chungking on the resignation of General Chennault. He recalls the success
of the Flying Tigers. He says the Chinese people will miss the general, saying they hold him to the same esteem as Patton,
Eisenhower, and Wedemeyer.
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Bob Brumby radio reports
1945 July 12
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports from Chungking on the arrival of General Stratemeyer, the Chinese use of disappearing villages, and changing
prices in China.
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Bob Brumby radio reports
1945 August 24
Scope and Contents note
In the first two cuts, Brumby reports. The sound quality of these cuts is poor.
In the third cut, Jack Mahon reports on the pending American landing in Tokyo Bay.
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Bob Brumby radio reports
1945 May 25-26
Scope and Contents note
Brumby reports from Chungking on the Chinese armed forces. In the 25 May 1945 report, he compares them to boxers, fighting
the Japanese with a new-found uppercut. The 26 May 1945 report is a longer, more general analysis of the Chinese soldier.
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Bob Brumby radio report for the American Red Cross from Chungking
1945 February 26
Scope and Contents note
Recording 259. Please also see 58011_a_0010742; it is the same recording, though the dates on the disc are different.
Brumby interviews two Red Cross employees that work in China.
Poor sound quality due to radio interference during the cutting of the disc.
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Bob Brumby radio report for the American Red Cross from Chungking
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Recording 249. Please also see 58011_a_0010741; it is the same recording, though the dates on the disc are different.
Brumby interviews two Red Cross employees that work in China.
Poor sound quality due to radio interference during the cutting of the disc.
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Broadcast recordings
1944 November 23-1945
Scope and Contents note
Broadcasts concern the American forces in the Pacific Theater of World War II, behind-the-scenes look at radio production,
and the success of the Soviet forces.
CINCPAC POOL (PRIMM) Nov 23rd '44 (First B-29-Tokyo RAID)
PRIMM FOR MBS CINPAC NOV 23 '44 #68
"NPN8" points to the second most outer groove.
Side B sounds like it was recorded sometime in 1945.
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Broadcast recordings
1946 March 19
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, Jack McCoy reports about wives and children of soldiers arriving on Guam and reuniting with said soldiers.
In part 2, "Filipino X" predicts, to an American reporter, a Filipino revolution in the coming days.
Other miscellaneous recordings are also on the original disc.
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Brumby radio report about The Flying Tigers
1945 March 10
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Bud Foster and Don Pryor radio reports
1945 April 16
Scope and Contents note
Bud Foster reports from Guam on the battle of Okinawa.
Don Pryor reports from Okinawa on the rumor of victory in Europe.
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Bud Foster radio report
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
Recording 351: Foster speaks about the advances of American forces against the Japanese.
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Bud Foster radio report
1945 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports from Okinawa about American soldiers' reaction to the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Bud Foster radio report
1945 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports on the reaction of American soldiers to the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Bud Foster radio report
1945 April 14
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports from Okinawa on the fight against the Japanese.
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Bud Foster radio report
194? February 23
Scope and Contents note
This report concerns the battles with the Pacific Theater of World War II. Foster reports for the combined American radio
networks.
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Bud Foster radio report
1945 April 4
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports about the death of a particular Japanese soldier by two bullets.
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Bud Foster radio report number 353
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports from the Okinawa Jima in the Ryukyu Islands. An upbeat report, he reports on the success American forces have
had in taking territory and dividing the Japanese forces.
Sound quality is intelligible but not pristine due to poor reception.
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Bud Foster radio report on the Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Foster reports from Guam for the Combined American Networks.
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Bud Foster, Don Pryor, and Norman Paige radio reports
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut (#392), Bud Foster reports from Okinawa on the effect of weather on the fighting in the Pacific.
In the second cut (#393), Don Pryor reports from Okinawa on the fighting between American and Japanese forces in the Pacific.
In the third cut (#394), Norman Paige reports from Okinawa on how one can view America's actions in the Pacific.
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Charles Minor radio report
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Minor reports from Shanghai Harbor on financial matters of China.
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Charles Minor radio report and King George VI address
1945 May 8
Scope and Contents note
Minor reports on the opinions of the common man on recent events: the death of FDR, the United Nations Conference on International
Organization, and the American invasion of Japan.
King George VI gives an address of remembrance for those that gave their life.
The audio quality is poor due to palmitic acid deterioration of the original recording.
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Charles Minor radio reports, number 206
circa 1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Minor comments on the state of the war and the likely actions of the United States and China.
Part 2: Minor comments on the advent of peace in the Pacific, especially as it pertains to bombers and bombings. He interviews
an American bomber pilot.
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China's aims for the United Nations Conference on International Organization
1945
Scope and Contents note
Bob Brumby reports from XGOY about the Chinese delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
He focuses on how while the communists and Kuomintang disagree at home, they will present a united group to the conference.
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Combined American networks radio reports
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Disc 346
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Don Bell and Charles Minor radio reports
1945 August 19
Scope and Contents note
Don Bell reports from Manila for the Mutual Broadcasting System. He covers the surrender of the Japanese to General Willoughby,
Japanese rank and file opposition to Allied occupation, and a GI cemetery on a day of prayer.
Charles Minor interviews Captain Litcomb[sp?] about the flight of Japanese officials to the surrender of World War II.
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Don Bell and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 August 29
Scope and Contents note
Don Bell reports from Okinawa on the eve of an American offensive on Japan.
Jack Mahon reports about the beginning of American occupation of Japan.
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Don Bell and Paul Manning radio reports, number 647
1945 August 8
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Bell reports on speculation of how the US will use the atomic bomb on Japan following the dropping on Hiroshima. He
says that the only thing known for sure is that it will end the war more quickly than traditional bombs.
Part 2: Bell reports on U.S. soldiers' reaction to news of the atomic bomb.
Part 3: Paul Manning examines how the atomic bomb was the wish of Nazi Germany.
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Don Bell and Susan Tate radio reports
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Don Bell reports from Tokyo on the lack of liberal reforms in the Japanese government during the American occupation under
General MacArthur.
Susan Tate reports for the American Red Cross.
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Don Bell and Susan Tate radio reports
1945
Scope and Contents note
Don Bell reports on 18 August 1945 from Manila on General MacArthur's growing dissatisfaction with Japanese officials and
military delays.
Susan Tate reports for the American Red Cross. She talks to several voters about their mindset following the end of fighting
in the Pacific.
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Don Bell radio report
1946 April 10
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports from Tokyo on the election of a new Prime Minister. He predicts that the winner is Ichirō Hatoyama. Describing
the election process, he focuses on how various voters of Japan voted.
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Don Bell radio report
1945 September 24
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports from Tokyo about Karuizawa and the Japanese interment of foreigners that occurred there during the war. He describes
it as the Casablanca of Japan. He discusses which nationalities received what amount of food rations.
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Don Bell radio report
1945 August 25
Scope and Contents note
Disc 744: Bell reports about children in Japan. He says that Japanese children are no different than others. However, he says
foreign children that have lived in wartime Japan are "the most pathetic thing" he's seen, detailing their hardship.
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Don Bell radio report from Bikini Lagoon
194? July 24
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports from Bikini Lagoon for the Mutual Broadcasting System on an underwater atomic bomb test.
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Don Bell radio report from Japan
circa 1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Disc 720: Bell comments on the Mutual Broadcasting System and its journalists' relationship with Radio Tokyo. He describes
the relationship as a "war" starting in 1939. He then describes the role of American-controlled Radio Tokyo following the
fighting.
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Don Bell radio report from Manila
1945 March 17
Scope and Contents note
Recording 314: Bell reports on the fighting in the Philippines, including, but not limited to, the military conquests and
humanitarian work of the U.S. forces.
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Don Bell radio report from Manila
1945 August 14
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports from Manila on the implications of the end of the war. He focuses on the reaction of Manila, American soldiers,
and Gen. MacArthur's occupation of Japan.
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Don Bell radio report from Manila
1945 August 25
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports, first, about the rebuilding and spirit of Manila following the end of the war and, second, the pending invasion
of Japan.
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Don Bell radio report on preparations for the Able test at Bikini Atoll
1946 June 9
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports about rehearsals for the first atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll. He relays comments by General William E. Kepner
before giving a general roundup of the preparations. He calls the operations "an excellent show."
There are two cuts on the original disc. The first one was crossed out with wax markings, and thus has extra poor quality
in part 1.
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Don Bell radio reports
1946 May 24-June 7
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Bell reports from the USS
Mt. McKinley en route to Bikini for Operation Crossroads. He concentrates on safety measures taken to prevent radiation poisoning.
Part 2: Bell explores the likely size of the Able explosion.
Part 3: Bell reports on Admiral Blandy's expectations for the atomic tests following additional information from previous
explosions.
Part 4: Bell reports on 7 June 1946 about the third atomic bomb test at Bikini Island set for early 1947.
Part 5: Bell reports on the natives of the Marshall Islands' opinions on nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, and international
organization.
Part 6: Bell reports on the evacuation of natives from areas affected by the Operation Crossroads tests and the decimation
of their original island.
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Don Bell radio reports and official communiqué sound recordings
1945 July 10
Scope and Contents note
Side A is undated. Side B gives the date as 10 Jul 1945 in the program.
Side A ,cut 1: Administrative note
Side A, cut 2: A Bell
Side A ,cut 3: B
Side A, cut 4: C
Bell reports from Manila about the American fight against Japan.
Side B, cut 1: Communiqué 420
Side B, cut 2: Communiqué 421
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Don Bell radio reports
1945 November 27
Scope and Contents note
Disc 782: Bell reports from Tokyo. In the first recording, he talks about pending war crime trials against Japanese officials.
In the second recording, he talks about GI vacation spots in Japan. The third and fourth recordings are administrative transmissions
not that were not meant for broadcast.
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Don Bell reports on the Able Day rehearsal
1946 June 23
Scope and Contents note
Bell reports on the Operation Crossroads Able Day rehearsal at Bikini Lagoon. He describes the grandeur of the preparations
and the excitement in the air.
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Don Bell, Bob Brumby, and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 August 11
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, the journalists report on the attempted suicide of Tojo and the American hunt for Japanese war criminals.
In part 2, Don Bell reports on raising prices in Japan, which he claims is done to stick it to the Americans, and Jack Mahon
reports on the Japanese public's opinion of the American invasion and occupation.
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Don Davis interviews Colonel Boyington sound recording
1945
Scope and Contents note
Davis interviews Colonel Boyington in San Francisco about technological developments and post-war news.
Also includes music and Morse code recordings.
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Don Pryor and Jack Hooley radio reports
1945 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Don Pryor reports from Okinawa on 12 April 1945 about the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reaction of American soldiers.
Included are thoughts on if the death will affect the war, the following peace, or the United Nations Conference on International
Organization.
Jack Hooley reports from Okinawa on a similar theme.
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Don Pryor and Norman Page radio reports
1945 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Don Pryor and Norman Page report from Okinawa on the reaction of soldiers to the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Don Pryor and Norman Paige radio reports
1945 April 9
Scope and Contents note
Don Pryor reports from Okinawa on 9 April 1945. He interviews another correspondent on how the American invasion of Okinawa
compares to the American invasion of Sicily.
Norman Paige reports from Okinawa on the planes en route to fronts of the war.
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Don Pryor interviews Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner and General Holland Smith
1945 February 5
Scope and Contents note
From Guam, Turner and Smith discuss military operations on Iwo Jima.
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Don Pryor radio broadcast about peoples' attitudes in American occupied Okinawa
1945 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Pryor reports off the coast of Okinawa. He talks about his experiences in Simabuku and Awashi and the Japanese people he's
observed. He analyzes their mental state from a variety of angles, but returns to the idea that fear is the overriding emotion
for the Japanese. It is so bad for some that they were asking American forces to kill them in the tombs of their ancestors.
Some still believe the Americans plan to torture, enslave, and/or kill them. He also looks at these people's ties to Pearl
Harbor.
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Don Pryor radio report
1945 February 28
Scope and Contents note
Recording 266: Pryor interviews Marine Sergeant Thomas, platoon leader that raised the American flag over Iwo Jima.
Two cuts of the same program. Sound quality is poor for both, but there is less interference in cut 1.
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Don Pryor radio report
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Recording 344
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Don Pryor radio report
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Pryor reports from Okinawa on how the Japanese are fighting back against American advances in the Pacific. He interviews a
journalist from Gannett, who saw the front.
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Don Pryor radio report
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
Pryor reports about the Battle of Okinawa.
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Don Pryor radio report
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
PRIOR POOL 4/6/45 #376 2+ 2'55"
HONEYMOON ON OKINAWA IS OVER, BATTLE IS ON"
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Don Pryor radio report number 352
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
Pryor reports off the coast of Okinawa on the conditions of Japanese farms. He notes they are in extreme poverty, with the
technology available being centuries behind the times.
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Don Pryor radio report
1945 April 4
Scope and Contents note
Pryor describes his and other correspondents' trip to the southern front.
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Don Pryor radio report on the Battle of Okinawa
1945 April 2
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Don Pryor radio report on the Battle of Okinawa
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Pryor describes the fighting action over Okinawa, focusing on the aerial aspects.
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Douglas MacArthur speech before the Filipino legislature and other radio broadcasts
1945 July 8
Scope and Contents note
Part 2 of the speech as broadcast by the Mutual Broadcasting System.
The other brief radio transmissions cover news of fighting in the WWII Asian theater.
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Douglas MacArthur speech on 4 April and Robert Stewart radio report from 22 April
1946
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Douglas MacArthur speech to the Filipino legislature
1945 July 8
Scope and Contents note
Disc 603: Douglas MacArthur speaks before a joint session of the Filipino legislature in Manilla.
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Gene Ryder radio report from Turner's Flagship
1941-1946
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Gene Ryder radio report from Turner's Flagship and Edwards' Guam communiqué
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Gene Ryder gives the listener the perspective of a soldier in battle. This cut is undated.
Part 2: Edwards Guam communiqué about Tokyo attack, incomplete.
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Gene Ryder, Bud Foster, and Larry Tye radio reports
1945 February 25
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording #255, Gene Ryder
Part 2: Recording #256, Bud Foster
Part 3: Larry Tye. This cut is crossed out on the original disc and thus has poor audio quality.
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George Thorn and Gordon Walker radio reports
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Disc 589
Part 1: George Thorn interviews participants of a rescue glider flight.
Part 2: Gordon Walker of the
Christian Science Monitor reports on the less exciting, behind-the-scenes, aspects of the Pacific fighting of WWII. He returns the listener to the
Mutual Broadcasting System.
Part 3: Gordon Walker reports from Guam for Eyes West. He outlines the difficulty of supplying the troops in the Pacific theater.
Part 4: Gordon Walker reports from Guam on the backlog, "icebox" in military jargon, of Japanese targets for the American
forces.
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Gordon Walker and Bob Brumby radio reports, number 607
1945 July 11
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Gordon Walker reports from Guam.
Parts 2 and 3: Bob Brumby reports from Chungking.
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Gordon Walker radio report
194? July 4
Scope and Contents note
Walker reports from Okinawa on the soldiers' observation--or more accurately the lack thereof--of Independence Day during
World War II.
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Gordon Walker radio report
1945 July 9
Scope and Contents note
Disc 601: Gordon Walker reports from Guam on coming under Japanese fire while making an earlier report. He says the American
forces were prepared for such an attack and had set traps into which the Japanese walked.
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Guam communiqué
1945 April 7
Scope and Contents note
An American journalist reads section of a communiqué from Admiral Nimitz.
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Guam Pool reporting by Cooper
194? November 4
Scope and Contents note
9:20 AM transmission of a man describing his actions during battle.
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Interview with First Sergeant Raymond L. Cummings
1945 April 20
Scope and Contents note
Interview with First Sergeant Raymond L. Cummings of Montebello, California on 20 April 1945 in Okinawa. Cummings describes
fighting the Japanese in the Pacific.
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Jack Hooley and Tim Lamert radio reports
1945 April 20
Scope and Contents note
Hooley and Lamert separately report on the funeral of Ernie Pyle.
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Jack Hooley radio report
1945 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Hooley reports from Okinawa. He describes the island: its physical, environmental aspects; the activities happening; and its
war-torn condition.
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Jack Hooley radio report number 130
1944 December 24
Scope and Contents note
Hooley reports from Guam following Admiral Nimitz's first press conference.
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Jack Hooley radio reports
circa 1945 April 12-17
Scope and Contents note
In the first report, Hooley reports about the Japanese defense against American forces.
In the second report, Hooley comments on Japanese citizens under American occupation.
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Jack Mahon and Bob Brumby radio reports
1945 August 6
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Mahon reports on the liberation of prisoners-of-war. This report is heavily jammed.
In the second cut, Mahon recalls the train ride to the prisoner-of-war camp. He concentrates on the Japanese citizen's daily
way of life. This report is also heavily jammed.
In the third cut, Bob Brumby reports on the capture of Josef Albert Meisinger.
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Jack Mahon and Colonel Boyington sound recordings
1945 September 13
Scope and Contents note
The first cut on side A is a message from Jack Mahon.
The second and third cuts, Don Davis awaits the arrival of Colonel Boyington in San Francisco.
On side B, Jack Mahon speaks about the arrest of the last of the Black Dragon war criminals.
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Jack Mahon and Don Bell radio reports
1945 September 27-October 10
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon reports from the USS
Iowa on the separation of the Victory Fleet in order to expedite returning soldiers.
Don Bell reports from Tokyo about the release of political prisoners in Japan, a rally for former political prisoners in Japan,
and the stolen fortunes the Japanese collected during the war.
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Jack Mahon and Gordon Walker radio reports
194? July 14
Scope and Contents note
Disc 614: Both reporters talk about American attacks on Japan, especially the coastal city of Kamaichi (sp?).
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Jack Mahon and Jack Hooley radio reports
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Mahon and Hooley separately report on the death of fellow journalist Ernie Pyle.
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Jack Mahon and Leslie Nichols radio reports
1945 April 14
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon reports from Guam on what to expect in the Pacific Theater once the American forces resume waging war in the coming
days. He recounts recent successes.
Leslie Nichols, reporting from Okinawa, speaks about the state of the American military following the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
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Jack Mahon and Norman Paige radio reports
1945 May 4-5
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Jack Mahon reports on 4 May 1945 from Guam about a failed Japanese counterattack on Okinawa.
Part 2: Norman Paige reports on 5 May 1945 from Okinawa.
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Jack Mahon interviews Jack Dempsey
1945 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Mahon interviews boxing champion Jack Dempsey on what Dempsey is doing for the war effort. It consists mostly of teaching
the soldiers boxing. He also comments on what military service is doing to other notable boxers.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945
Scope and Contents note
Disc 652: Mahon reports from Japan shortly after Russia declared war on Japan. However, Mahon concentrates on reviewing American
actions against Japan and provides no context on the Russian action.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports for the Mutual Broadcasting System on an awarding of the medal of honor to Sergeant Irwin and what Irwin did
to earn it.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 August 10
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports from Tokyo about edicts of General MacArthur. He focuses on the abolition of the imperial headquarters and on
censorship of news in the country.
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Jack Mahon radio report and test cuts sound recordings
1945 September 10
Scope and Contents note
Side 1: Mahon reports on 10 September 1945 on General MacArthur's efforts to round up Japanese war criminals, including Tojo.
Side 2: Test cuts
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Jack Mahon radio report and other broadcasts
1945 August 11
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, less than a week before V-J day, Mahon reports on the thoughts of Admiral Halsey on the end of World War
II.
The second cut is a propaganda program that looks at who was responsible for causing and fighting the war.
The third cut is a transmission containing music and a program in Spanish.
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Jack Mahon radio report and test cuts sound recordings
1945 August 12
Scope and Contents note
Disc 745
Side A: Mahon reports from Tokyo on the state and future of the Japanese economy.
Side B: Test recordings of a reporter discussing international issues sometime during Secretary of State Byrnes' tenure. He
focuses on Italian reparations and Molotov's opinions thereon.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 April 13
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Jack Mahon radio report and communiqué 434 sound recordings
1945 July 17
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports on the bombardment of Tokyo.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 April 23
Scope and Contents note
Mahon interviews the fliers who sank the battleship
Yamoto.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports from Guam on the American advances in Okinawa. He says "the real fighting" has yet to come.
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Jack Mahon radio report from Tokyo
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Mahon reports during the American occupation of Japan. He focuses on the state of Japanese propaganda.
The second cut is an administrative transmission.
In the third cut, Mahon reports about how the former premier of Japan is now a fugitive.
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Jack Mahon radio report number 321
1945 March 24
Scope and Contents note
Reporting from Guam, Mahon interviews two B-29 pilots about what Iwo Jima means to the American soldier.
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Jack Mahon radio report number 356
1945 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Mahon comments on the search for the location of Japanese forces.
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Jack Mahon radio report number 507
1945 May 5
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports from Guam for the Red Cross Reporter program presented by the Mutual Broadcasting System. He interviews Lieutenants
Lohan and Nielsen.
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Jack Mahon radio report number 635
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports from the 3rd fleet off the coast of Japan.
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Jack Mahon radio report
1945 September 23
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Jack Mahon radio report on the Japanese fleet
1945 March 21
Scope and Contents note
Recording 316: Mahon reports that the American forces have found the Japanese fleet and are now attacking it.
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Jack Mahon radio report on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945 April
Scope and Contents note
Mahon reports from Guam about the reaction to the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He concentrates on the reaction
of journalists to the news.
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Jack Mahon radio report, number 752, and test cuts
1945 September 17
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Mahon reports from Tokyo about the occupation of Japan and reduction in American troop levels. Included is how the
Japanese government will be used to prevent social disintegration.
Part 2: Test cuts.
The disc hole of the source disc is not directly in the center, thus the sound quality is poor.
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Jack Mahon radio reports
circa 1945 June 21-22
Scope and Contents note
In the first report, Mahon reports on the casualties in the Pacific Theater of World War II. While he mentions casualties
on both sides, he concentrates on the amount of deceased Japanese soldiers.
In the second and third reports, Mahon talks about the battle of Okinawa.
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Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 August 16
Scope and Contents note
Disc 679: In the first recording on this disc, Mahon sends an administrative note from Paul Manning. In the second, he reports
on Japanese officials' actions following the end of the war.
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Jack Mahon, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, and General Holland Smith radio broadcasts
circa 1941-1945
Scope and Contents note
On side A of this disc, Mahon describes the efforts of the American military to find the Japanese forces during World War
II. From the tone of the report, it likely comes from early in the war.
Side B consists of an introduction to two military officials' commentary, Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner and General Holland
Smith.
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Joe Hainline and Robert McCormick radio reports
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Joe Hainline interviews Jay Finley of Palo Alto, California about being shot down and spending five days
on a life raft.
IN the second cut, Robert McCormick and Joe Hainline reflect on the death of Ernie Pyle.
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John Cooper radio report
1945 November 12
Scope and Contents note
Cooper delivers the inaugural radio report from the Pacific with the assistance of the U.S. Navy.
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John Thorton voice letter home and Royal Arch Gunnison radio report
194? November 22
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Thorton discusses his life and work in San Francisco to his family back in New York.
Part 2: Gunnison reports from the Philippines on Japanese radio propaganda. This is another copy of the program heard on 58011_a_0009528.
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Ken MacLaughlin and Charles Minor radio reports
1945 August 27-29
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, on 27 August 1945, Ken MacLaughlin reports on the reunification of China following the defeat of Japan.
He discusses a meeting between Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong. He presents the meeting as the only chance to prevent a Chinese
civil war.
In the second cut, Charles Minor reports from Manila about the new Sino-Russian agreement and the possibility of a Chinese
civil war.
The third cut, from 29 August 1945, Ken MacLaughlin reports on General Wainwright and meeting between Chiang Kai-Shek and
Mao Zedong.
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Larry Tighe and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 April 27
Scope and Contents note
Larry Tighe(?) and Jack Mahon individually report from Guam on Japanese military tactics that are very similar to German tactics.
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Larry Tye radio report from Guam
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Recording 250: Tye describes the typical experience of the American soldier in the Pacific Theater. He places the listener
in the shoes of a GI, narrating in the second voice.
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Leslie Nichols and Bud Foster radio reports
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Nichols reports from Okinawa and Foster reports from Iwo Jima on American forces in Japan.
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Leslie Nichols and Don Pryor radio reports
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Nichols and Pryor separately report from Okinawa about the death of fellow journalist Ernie Pyle.
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Leslie Nichols interviews Vice Admiral John Sidney McCain
1944 November 28
Scope and Contents note
Disc 82
On side A, Nichols features the work of Vice Admiral John Sidney McCain.
Side B is the 21 October episode of "The Radio Workshop," a Halloween-themed program geared towards children.
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Leslie Nichols radio broadcast concerning the battle of the Philippines
1945 April 14
Scope and Contents note
Nichols discusses naval battle for the Philippines, including the contributions of FDR and Admiral McCain to this effort.
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Leslie Nichols radio report
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Nichols describes Okinawa following the American invasion.
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Leslie Nichols radio report
1945 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Nichols describes how one battalion learned of the death of President Roosevelt amidst active fighting on Okinawa.
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Leslie Nichols radio report
1944 December 7
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
106
103
Job #103 Guam - Leslie Nichols's for MBS
DEC. 7-44
Heavy QRM
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Leslie Nichols radio reports
1944 December 5-6
Scope and Contents note
These recordings are finished broadcasts.
In both, an anchor in America introduces correspondent Leslie Nichols, reporting from Guam. He talks about naval battles in
the Philippine Sea. In the report from 6 December 1944, he focuses on Navy pilot Speedball Harris.
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Leslie Nichols reports on the death of Ernie Pyle
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Nichols reports from Okinawa on the death of journalist Ernie Pyle. He includes how the soldiers viewed Pyle.
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Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast
1945 April 19
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon and Tim Lemmert report on the American advances against the Japanese.
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Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast of Operation Crossroads
1946 June 30
Scope and Contents note
The Mutual Broadcasting System covers the Able atomic bomb test just off Bikini Lagoon. It was the first drop against simulated
naval forces, and the fourth atomic bomb ever exploded, following the original test and the two dropped on Japan. The anchor
emphasizes this is a military and scientific exercise to better understand atomic power. Don Bell reports from the scene.
Bombadier Harold H. Wood speaks.
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Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast recordings
1944 November 3
Scope and Contents note
The recording on side A is Leslie Nichols providing a live description of an air battle.
The recording on side B is a program dedicated to all the American soldiers. It concerns the girlfriends of soldiers fighting
abroad and how they might write to their beaus.
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Mutual Broadcasting System news roundup concerning the Pacific Theater of World War II
1945 March 30
Scope and Contents note
Includes Jack Mahon reporting about the Red Cross and Arthur Primm interviewing survivors of the
Bismarck Sea.
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Mutual Broadcasting System news roundup, number 597
1945 July 3
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Mutual Broadcasting System news roundup, number 597.
Part 2: The words of Joseph Stilwell.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcast concerning Japan's offer of surrender
1945
Scope and Contents note
Charles Minor in Chungking, Paul Manning in Guam, and Don Bell in Manila report on Japan's offer to surrender in World War
II. Manning speaks about the offer. Bell speaks about the soldiers' reaction. The anchor says the President has yet to receive
an official offer of surrender, and that fighting will continue as is until one is received.
The disc also includes a report about the effect the end of the war will have on Hawaii.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcast covering VJ day
1945 August 14
Scope and Contents note
Disc 670
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcast
1945 August 7
Scope and Contents note
Side A is a muffled audio report.
Side B is Don Bell in Manila and Paul Manning in Guam interviewing soldiers for their stories. Also, Charles Minor reports
from Chungking about the Chinese response to the atomic bomb.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcast recording
1945 August 14
Scope and Contents note
Disc 670: This recording is a finished news program from the Mutual Broadcasting System. The news concerns the Pacific Theater
of World War II. An anchor in America cuts to three correspondents in the Pacific. Don Bell reports from the Philippines about
the coming peace in the Pacific. Owen Cunningham reports from Hawaii about Americans of Japanese descent. Paul Manning reports
from Guam about the rumors of a peace agreement.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcasts concerning the American invasion of Japan
1945 August 29
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon reports on the invasion of Japan and the release of prisoners-of-war.
Frederick Opper reports from the Japan suburbs.
Bob Brumby reports about the interaction of American and Japanese soldiers.
Bob Brumby and another reporter recall interviews with American soldiers concerning what the Japanese think of the American
occupation as well as what the Americans think of the occupation.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcasts
1945 September 7
Scope and Contents note
Disc 737
On side A is a program, produced in San Francisco, about the American occupation of Japan. It includes coverage of the first
American flag raising over Tokyo.
On side B are three cuts. In the first, Jack Mahon makes his first report from Radio Tokyo. The second is an outtake of a
news roundup. The third cut is an interview with three young women from the Bay Area.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcasts
1945 January 7-December 14
Scope and Contents note
The first cut on side A is a clothing drive held by WOR.
Robert Stewart reports from Manila on 12 December 1945 on crime in the city.
The last cut on side A is a report from Fort Mason, San Francisco, on what American soldiers returning from Asia are buying
for their families for Christmas.
The first cut on side B is Robert Stewart reporting from Manila about a hanging.
The second cut on side B is Don Bell reporting from Manila on a meeting by 25,000 GIs on "the SNAFUing of the demobilization
program."
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio broadcasts
1945 December 21
Scope and Contents note
Side A is coverage of the change of command for the United States Pacific fleet.
Side B is Robert Stewart reporting about Filipino-US relations, especially regarding the trial and execution of Yamashita.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio coverage of the return of army nurses at Hamilton Beach, California
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: An MBS journalist attempts to interview army nurses returning from Balan.
Part 2: The journalist interviews Major Juanita Redman, who was in charge of getting the 54 nurses home from the Pacific.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio coverage of the second atomic bomb test at Bikini
1946 July 24
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio news broadcasts
1945 November 14-15
Scope and Contents note
Disc 779: These broadcasts contain most of a broadcast program on the plight of an American-born citizen accused of being
a German alien by the military on Honolulu.
There is also a report by Bell on Japanese occupation and reparation payments.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio news program
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
This program features Joe Hainline, Don Pryor, and Jack Mahon reporting from Guam, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio program 355
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
A news roundup of activity in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Correspondents include Leslie Nichols, Don Pryor, and Bud Foster.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio program
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
This program is an update on the Pacific Theater of World War II. Jack Mahon reports from Guam, Leslie Nichols reports from
Okinawa, and Bob Brumby reports from Chungking.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio program
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon offers from Guam an update on various events in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Leslie Nichols reports from Okinawa on the death of Ernie Pyle on Ie Shima.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio program on the sixth plenary session of the United Nations Conference on International Organization
1945 May 1
Scope and Contents note
Disc 498: Features a summary, commentary, and sound clips from the proceedings. Much of the program is a debate by MBS staff
on the admittance of Argentina.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio report from the Pacific
1945 April 21
Scope and Contents note
Disc 459/460: This is the Mutual Broadcasting System's weekly Pacific news roundup. Correspondents are Jack Mahon, Leslie
Nichols, and Arthur Gates. In addition to the news of the war effort, one segment concerns Gates discussing the United Nations
Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 July 13
Scope and Contents note
A:
Christian Science Monitor reporter Gordon Walker reports from Guam on an American attack on Hokkaido.
B: Jack Mahon reports from a battleship on the attack on Hokkaido, comparing it to Tokyo.
C:
Christian Science Monitor Gordon Walker reports from Guam on the attack on Tokyo.
D: Concerns heavy bombardment of Japan by America.
E: Describes an American attack on the main island of Japan.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 June 14
Scope and Contents note
In the first recording, Leslie Nichols reports from Guam, introducing Lt. Dale Evans who recalls a mission gone wrong.
In the second and third recordings, Don Bell and Cedric Foster, respectively, report from Manila on the devastation felt by
the Philippines.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 August 26-27
Scope and Contents note
Mutual Broadcasting System correspondents Joe Henleim, Jack Mahon, Bob Brumby, and Paul Manning offer reports of American
activity on mainland Japan and Guam.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 August 27
Scope and Contents note
Disc 706: Norman Paige and Jack Mahon report from the Pacific.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 August 28
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Bob Brumby reports from Okinawa on the ease of occupying Japan, concentrating on the state of the infrastructure.
In the second, Brumby talks about Col. Lackey and the first landing in Japan.
In the third cut, Edwards interviews a Japanese lieutenant commander.
In the fourth, Jack Mahon comments on health care of the soldiers.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 April 29
Scope and Contents note
Tim Lemmert reports from Okinawa on the fighting in the Pacific Theater.
Jack Mahon reports from Guam on the false news that the European war was over and the status of the Pacific Theater.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 August 29
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 August 29-30
Scope and Contents note
Disc 712: On side A, Jack Mahon reports following a press conference held by Admiral Nimitz concerning the coming occupation
of Japan.
On side B, Tim McLaughlin reports from Chungking about Lt. Gen. Wainwright. He then speaks about Mao Zedong being in Chungking
at the same time and his coming meeting with Chiang Kai-Shek.
Also on side B, Bob Brumby reports. The audio quality is poor, but sounds like it is about General MacArthur and the occupation
of Japan.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 June 6-8
Scope and Contents note
Jack Mahon reports from Okinawa and concentrates on how the military is supplying the armed forces.
Leslie reports from Guam on the bombing of Osaka.
American Red Cross reporter Susan Tate reports from Manila on eating with soldiers.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 December
Scope and Contents note
Disc 773: Don Bell reports from Tokyo on a person that immigrated to the US from Japan before renouncing American citizenship
and returning to Japan. He also talks about children receiving their last meal.
Another story is about Christmas at the Waldorf-Astoria. Arthur Prinn then describes Christmas in Toil Land, reporting from
San Francisco.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1944 November 28-29
Scope and Contents note
On the first side, Leslie Nichols reports on Vice Admiral John McCain.
On the second side, R.A. Gunnison reports on the "improving" condition of the Pacific Theater in World War II.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports from Okinawa
194? April 30
Scope and Contents note
Norman Paige and another correspondent report from Okinawa.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 November 13
Scope and Contents note
On side A, Don Bell reports from Tokyo on the disarmament of Japan by the Allies. He says the process will take much longer
than expected. He also provides a brief survey of Japan's experimental military technology, which he concludes was far behind
that of America.
On side B, Arthur Gaeth reports on the soon-to-come Nuremberg trials.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports from the Pacific
1944 December 15-16
Scope and Contents note
In the recording on side A, Gunnison describes the American advance towards Manila.
The recording on side B is a produced broadcast featuring an anchor that cuts to correspondents Gunnison and Paige reporting
from the Pacific.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports from the Pacific
1945 May 6-June 5
Scope and Contents note
Disc 558: The broadcast topics include: American advances on Okinawa, Japanese plane technology, military bases on Okinawa,
and an interview with two soldiers that fought in both Normandy and Iwo Jima.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports
1945 June 6
Scope and Contents note
Disc 559: On side A of this recording, Leslie Nichols reports from Guam on the anniversary of the Normandy landing. He introduced
Marine Corps Sergeant Bill Roth who interviews two soldiers that were at both D-Day and the battle of Iwo Jima. The soldiers
offer their comparisons of the German and Japanese soldiers.
On side B, Don Bell gives an overview of the American effort in the Pacific.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio reports, number 820
1946 June 29
Scope and Contents note
These reports concern the first atomic bomb test of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll.
Part 1: Short clip on the evacuation of people in preparation for the test.
Part 2: W. W. Chaplin reporting from the Army radio ship
Stimuli at Kwajalein five-and-a-half hours before the first test. He analyzes the work done to ensure there are not "mishaps" with
the test, focusing on the relocation of the native people to Ebeye.
Part 3: W. W. Chaplin reports from Kwajalein as Dave's Dream, the plane carrying the bomb, leaves for Bikini and discusses
its crew and course.
Part 4: Don Bell reports from the U.S.S.
Mt. McKinley at Bikini the day before the Able test. He relays the thoughts of Admirals William H.P. Blandy and William "Deak" Parsons
on the weather conditions for the test.
Part 5: A recording with poor audio quality of John Mosley's aerial view of the explosion.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio special report on the death of Adolf Hitler
1945 May 1
Scope and Contents note
Various overseas correspondents report on reactions of the 1st, 7th, and 9th armies to unconfirmed news of Adolf Hitler's
death.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio transmissions
1945
Scope and Contents note
On side A, a reporter for the American Red Cross, Doug Disbrow (sp?), interviews American soldiers in the Pacific Theater
of World War II, as well as an Australian reporter. From the content of the interviews--the soldiers mention occupation forces--they
probably occurred towards the end or after the war.
On side B are a variety of radio transmissions. The first is a report by Jack Mahon from Tokyo on the reduction of occupation
forces in Japan. The second and third recordings describe a British-American heavyweight boxing match. The fourth and fifth
concern the military implications of cosmic rays.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio transmissions
1945 July 14
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Gordon Walker reports from Guam about the American bombing of the Japanese home islands.
The second is a communiqué from Admiral Nimitz, number 428. It concerns the American bombing of Hokkaido.
In the third cut, Gordon Walker reports about the American attack on Hokkaido.
The fourth cut is unintelligible.
In the fifth cut, Jack Mahon also reports on the attack on Hokkaido.
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Mutual Broadcasting System radio transmissions
194? December
Scope and Contents note
The recording on side A is two people discussing possible broadcasts related to Christmas, especially one by Nichols. One
speaker, John Hooley, sounds like he was recorded via radio transmissions and the other, also named John, in the studio.
The recording on side B is R. A. Gunnison reporting from the Philippines on the campaign of General MacArthur.
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National Broadcasting Company report about the atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon
1946 July 25
Scope and Contents note
Various reporters contribute to a program from Bikini Lagoon about the Baker atomic bomb test. They describe the area immediately
before, the extent of the explosion, and immediately after the underwater explosion. The explosion occurs at 5:11 into the
program, with Admiral Blandy immediately confirming the successful explosion.
Don Mosley, Clete Roberts, Don Bell, and Ralph Howard Peterson report from the USS
Mt. McKinley. Another journalist views the explosion from a B29 in the air.
See 58011_a_0011198 for another copy of this program.
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Norman Page and Bud Foster radio reports
1945 April 7
Scope and Contents note
Disc 388
Cut 1: Norman Page reports from Okinawa on the American advances on the Japanese Navy.
Cut 2: Bud Foster reports from Okinawa on April 7, 1945 about the Japanese air forces.
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Norman Page and Jack Hooley radio reports
1945 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Three cuts are on the original disc.
Part 1: Norman Page partial recording.
Part 2: Jack Hooley
Part 3: Jack Hooley
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Norman Page and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 April 7
Scope and Contents note
Three cuts/parts are on the original disc.
Part 1: Administrative transmission.
Part 2: Norman Page speaks from Okinawa, having just returned from the forward lines with the 24th Army corps. Beyond the
fighting, he reports about Okinawan refugees.
Sound quality is less than ideal due to poor reception.
Part 3: Jack Mahon
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Norman Page and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 April 5
Scope and Contents note
Recording 373
Part 1: Norman Page reports from Okinawa.
Part 2: Jack Mahon interviews Captain T. J. Heading.
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Norman Page and Joe Henline radio broadcasts
1945 April 18-19
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Norman Page radio report about his travels with the Marines
1945 April 2
Scope and Contents note
Recording 349
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Norman Page radio report
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Page reports from Okinawa.
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Norman Page radio report
1945 April 19
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
#450
NORMAN PAGE FROM OKINAWA APR 19th 1945 RATE 3 TIME 13 1/2 MINS
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Norman Page radio report
1945 April 21
Scope and Contents note
Page reports on the destruction of naval ships in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Both American and Japanese losses are
recounted.
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Norman Page radio report on the combined American amphibious forces
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Recording 386: Page interviews various soldiers about their jobs and experiences in war.
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Norman Page radio reports
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Recording 377
Part 2: Recording 378
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Norman Page radio reports
1945 April 29
Scope and Contents note
Page reports from Okinawa.
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Norman Page radio reports
1945 April 10-11
Scope and Contents note
Cut 1: Page reports from Okinawa on 10 April 1945
Cut 2: Page reports on 11 April 1945
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Norman Page and Bud Foster radio reports
1945 April 5
Scope and Contents note
Page and Foster separately report about Okinawa.
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Norman Page radio report
1945 April 20
Scope and Contents note
Page comments on the American effort in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Operation Crossroads Able test radio coverage
1946 June 30
Scope and Contents note
Journalists cover the time preceding, including, and following the Able atomic bomb test.
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Owen Cunningham and Don Bell radio reports
1946
Scope and Contents note
Cunningham reports from Honolulu on the tidal waves that struck Hawaii, killing many.
Bell reports from Tokyo on an election in Japan.
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Paul Manning radio report
1945 August 12
Scope and Contents note
Manning reports from Fleet Headquarters on Pearl Harbor. He speaks about the returning soldiers upon the end of the war with
Japan. He also speaks about the conclusion of his reporting on the war, recalling his experiences in Europe and Asia.
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Paul Manning radio report
1945 August 19
Scope and Contents note
Manning describes soldiers praying in honor of the end of war.
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Paul Manning radio report
1945 July 6
Scope and Contents note
Disc 602: Manning reports on the experience of Japanese and American soldiers in the war.
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Paul Manning radio report from Guam
1945 August 22
Scope and Contents note
Manning reports about the last American bomber of Japan, Flight Officer William Shreck, and interviews him. Shreck talks about
that mission. Jack Mahon then interviews the soldier that shot down the last Japanese airplane.
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Paul Manning radio report on the American occupation of Japan
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Manning reports about the continuing American occupation of Japan. He describes the physical aspects of Japan following the
war, as well as the Japanese psyche.
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Paul Manning radio report, number 201
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Manning reports on the return of an American official after meeting with Japanese officials.
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Paul Manning radio report, number 205
1945 August 14
Scope and Contents note
Manning reports from Guam on the reaction of soldiers to war news.
The disc label indicates this concerns 10:30:45 until 10:32:00.
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Paul Manning, Jack Mahon, and Bob Brumby radio reports
1945 August 26
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Manning and Mahon report on the pending occupation of Japan.
In the second cut, Brumby reports on the pending occupation of Japan.
The third cut was intended to be broadcast upon VJ Day.
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Radio broadcasts concerning the American effort in the Pacific theater of World War II
1945
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, three soldiers describe the Army Service Forces working building a new oil pipeline.
In the second cut, Don Bell reports prior to the American advancement into Tokyo.
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Radio broadcasts concerning the Pacific Theater of World War II
1945 October 8
Scope and Contents note
Disc 756: Side A is three cuts. First is Paul Monroe reporting on concerns of the United States Navy. The second and third
cuts are Don Bell reporting from Tokyo on the politics of Japan. The sound quality indicates the disc was cut from signals
received over the airwaves.
Side B is two cuts. The first cut is Jack Mahon reporting about locations where soldiers and ships come from for the fight
in the Pacific. The second cut is Don Bell reporting about Japanese prisoners' release as required by General MacArthur. Bell
then reports about wealth the Japanese stole from countries she occupied.
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Radio interviews concerning the sinking of the
Bismarck Sea
1945 March 30
Scope and Contents note
Arthur Friend reports from San Francisco and interviews soldiers relating to the sinking of the
Bismarck Sea.
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Radio report about the United Nations Conference on International Organization
1945 April-May 8
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: A studio report on the United Nations Conference on International Organization.
Part 2: Jack Mahon interviews American soldiers in the Marianas upon the news of Germany's surrender.
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Radio report about the battle for Iwo Jima
1945
Scope and Contents note
An unidentified journalist describes the importance of Iwo Jima to the American effort in the Pacific, detailing its bombardment
and comparing it to D-Day.
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Radio report
1945 August 19
Scope and Contents note
A journalist reports on the return of aircraft in the time of a pending Japanese surrender.
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Radio report on soldiers' discussions
1945 April 20
Scope and Contents note
What do front-line troops talk about on the eve of battle?
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Radio report on the Japanese surrender in World War II
circa 1945 August 22-23
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, Ed Sauter, Jr. (sp?) reports about the pending Japanese surrender and its effects on China.
In part 2, Ken McLaughlin speaks about Americans returning to Chungking from Korea whose mission was to check on Allied prisoners-of-war
following the Japanese cease-fire.
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Radio reports about the Yamashita verdict
1945 December 7
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Undescribed
Part 2: Robert Stewart reports on the trial and verdict for Yamashita.
Part 3: An American anchor hosts coverage from Manila about the Yamashita verdict.
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Radio reports
1945 August 25
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: In the first cut, Bob Brumby reports from Okinawa before the pending American occupation of Japan about what it was
like trying to report on the war for American audiences.
In the second cut, Brumby records a report to be broadcasted on V-J Day.
Part 2: In Chungking, Ed Sauter, Jr., interviews soldiers returning to America after being prisoners-of-war.
From Guam, Paul Manning discusses the delayed American occupation of Japan
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Radio reports
1945 August 9
Scope and Contents note
First cut: Charles Minor reports about China during World War II.
Other cuts relate to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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Radio reports
1945 July 9
Scope and Contents note
In the first cut, Gordon Walker of the
Christian Science Monitor describes the American bombing of Sendai, Japan.
In the second cut, Cedric Foster reports from Guam on his experiences during the war.
In the third cut, Gordon Walker reports about aerial fights against Japan.
The fourth cut is a big picture look by Foster on the importance of the fighting in the Pacific.
The last cut is a reading of an official communiqué.
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Radio reports
1946 March 1-5
Scope and Contents note
Disc 803: On side A, U.S. Marine Jimmy Jahagen (sp?) talks about the increased cost of living since he's been in the service
and how he misses Bethlehem, PA.
On side B, Don Bell reports from Tokyo on the morale of the soldiers and armed services journalism, especially
Stars and Stripes, in Japan.
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Radio reports from Okinawa
1945 April 1
Scope and Contents note
This recording is compromised of three cuts.
The first cut is commercials and the introduction to the Lucky Strikes show starring Jack Benny.
The second cut is a report transmitted over shortwave from the Pacific. It concerns the fighting in Okinawa.
The third cut is a report on the advancing American forces on Okinawa.
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Radio reports
1945 April 8-May 8
Scope and Contents note
In part one, R. A. Gunnison interviews Carlos P. Romulo about the implications of VE Day.
Part two includes a report on armed forces in Europe following V.E. Day and a report from April 1945.
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Radio reports from World War II
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Ise Marquea (sp?) and Art Pyle report on the arrival of ships.
Part 2: A studio anchor provides a news update concerning the Pacific Theater during a pending Japanese surrender.
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Radio reports from the Pacific Theater of World War II
1945 April 19
Scope and Contents note
Jack Hooley and Tim Lambert report on America's war against Japan. Lambert focuses on being in a foxhole during a conflict.
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Radio reports on the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Disc 1650
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Radio reports, number 645
1945 August 7
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Don Bell interviews a Sergeant who was wounded several times in the Pacific Theater.
Part 2: Charles Minor reports from Chungking. He talks about Chinese impressions of the atomic bomb. This is the same program
as heard on 58011_a_0011188.
Part 3: Charles Minor reports about the Chinese reaction to the Soviet entry into the Pacific war. According to the journalists,
the Chinese are cautious to pessimistic about this development.
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Radio reports, number 648
1945 August 7
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Charles Minor reports from Chungking. He talks about Chinese impressions of the atomic bomb. While mildly patronizing
of the Chinese, he notes their approval of the bomb and their hopes for a quick end to the war.
Part 2: A repeat of part 1.
Part 3: Paul Manning reports on the implications of the atomic bomb and the Soviet Union joining the Pacific Theater of the
war.
Part 4: Paul Manning reports on the American soldiers' reaction to the Soviet entrance in the Pacific Theater.
Part 5: Unidentified transmission.
Part 6: Jack Mahon reports from the third fleet.
Part 7: Jack Mahon reports from the third fleet on the impact of the atomic bomb and the Soviet entry.
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Radio transmission of President Roosevelt's and General MacArthur's comments to the Filipino people regarding the fall of
Manila
1945 February 3
Scope and Contents note
A third voice reads the comments of President Roosevelt and General MacArthur addressed to the Filipino people regarding the
fall of Manila.
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Radio transmissions
1945
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: A report from Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid of the United States' Seventh Fleet in the Yellow Sea on the fleet's activities.
Part 2: A recording that seems to be a test recording.
Part 3: A report on the United States' nuclear policies, especially if the atomic bomb should remain an American secret or
turned over to an international body. It then turns to other news items, including a retreat of President Truman and the wedding
of Shirley Temple.
The sound recording is poor due to deformations of the source disc.
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Radio transmissions
1945 August 8-9
Scope and Contents note
The transmissions concern the fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Radio transmissions from the World War II era.
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
On side A of this disc recording, Tim Lemmett reports for the combined networks on the bombing of Tokyo.
The recording on Side B includes several programs talking over each other, but the majority is an audition recording that
includes news updates on World War II as well as commercials.
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Red Cross radio report recording number 246
1945 February 24
Scope and Contents note
An American journalist interviews American citizens that have been in the Pacific Theater of WWII before they depart to return
home. The sound quality features significant jamming and is almost completely unintelligible.
Copy 2 is the longest.
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Robert Stewart radio report
1946 April 23
Scope and Contents note
Stewart talks about the election in Manila.
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Robert Stewart radio report number 779
1945 December 1
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Incidental sounds from transmission.
Part 2: Stewart reports from Manilla on the men needed for occupation forces. He says this will come from volunteer reenlistment.
He notes a volunteer army is the best one can get. He interviews a sergeant who is reenlisting. The sergeant says he went
from thinking one would be crazy to reenlist to thinking it was crazy to not reenlist, citing the generous benefits and the
ability of his family to move to where he will be stationed. The sergeant believes he will stay in the army until retirement.
Part 3: A studio roundup of war news.
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Robert Stewart radio reports
1945 December 2-5
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, Stewart reports from Manila about reenlistment of soldiers in the military. The soldier he interviews explains
how the army pays better than the private sector.
Also in part 1 are two administrative conversations.
In part 2, Stewart speaks about his interview with General Yamashita, who was awaiting trial at the time.
Also in part 2 is a recording of the 97th infantry division chorus performing Christmas carols.
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Robert Stewart, Cedric Foster, and Don Bell radio reports
1945 December 18
Scope and Contents note
Stewart reports from Manila on the crime rate in the Philippines and the not guilty plea of a Japanese general.
Foster reports from Boston on British and French matters.
Bell reports from Tokyo on the war crimes trials of Japanese military figures.
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Robert Stuart radio reports from 31 October and part of a Sherlock Holmes radio drama from 17 September
1945
Scope and Contents note
Disc 771: Stuart reports on the trial of an accused Japanese war criminal and other acts of brutality by Japanese soldiers.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio report and John Thorton audio letter to Mrs. Thompson
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Gunnison reports about the American advances in the Philippines. He concentrates on Ormoc.
Part 2: John Thorton of the Mutual Broadcasting System news division in San Francisco makes a recording intended for Mrs.
Thompson, whose son, Chick, is stationed in the Pacific and was interviewed for the radio. He includes instructions on how
to properly play the disc.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio report
1944 December 11
Scope and Contents note
Gunnison provides an update on the war. He discusses Ormoc before analyzing the Japanese soldier.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio report
1944 November 22
Scope and Contents note
Gunnison reports from the Philippines on Thanksgiving Day. He covers the morale of the soldiers on the holiday.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio report
1944 December 4
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Gunnison reports on the Filipino backlash against Japanese bombing.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio report on US soldiers at Christmas
circa 1944 December 24-25
Scope and Contents note
Gunnison reports from the Philippines on the experience of the U.S. soldiers in the Pacific at Christmas.
Part 2 of copy 2 is poor due to the cut on the original disc being crossed out with wax. Part 3 of copy 2 includes dramatized
instructions for women writing their GI beaus.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio reports
1944 November 1
November 17 1944
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: 1 November 1944, Gunnison, based in the Philippines, provides an update on the Pacific Theater.
Part 2: Gunnison reports on what the Filipinos are doing with those that had contact with the Japanese occupation forces.
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Royal Arch Gunnison radio reports
194? November 17
22
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Gunnison reports on November 17 on the trial of Filipino natives that collaborated with the Japanese forces.
Part 2: Gunnison reports from the Philippines on Japanese radio propaganda.
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Sound recording of General Douglas MacArthur and Don Bell radio reports from Bikini Lagoon
1946 July 4-25
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: General MacArthur talks about the return of independence to the Philippines.
Part 2: Bell reports 24 hours after the Baker atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon. He is "inside the lagoon, safe, and within
four miles of the target array." He then explains the safety period following an atomic explosion and when radioactivity becomes
dangerous. He describes the lagoon as "a lagoon of death," relaying the results of the test from Admiral Blandy.
Part 3: Bell reports on the USS
Saratoga following the Baker atomic bomb test. He notes this is a turning point for the Navy, and yet the reasons for the ship collapsing
are unknown.
Part 4: Bell reports how accidental discovery during the Able atomic bomb test of using polarized lenses to trace atomic clouds
aided the research conducted during the Baker test.
Part 5: Bell reports after the Baker atomic bomb test on the continuing effects of nuclear weapons on the future of Naval
ships.
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Sound recordings
1945 May 5-6
Scope and Contents note
The first cut on this disc is corrections to the script for the program Meet Your Navy, 5 May 1945.
In the second cut, Joe Heinlein reports on 6 May 1945.
The third cut is nothing but noise. The label on the disc says the program was "washed out."
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Sound recordings of comments of naval leaders on atomic explosions
1946 July
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: A reporter interviews Secretary of the Navy Forrestal the day after the Able test of Operation Crossroads. Forrestal
had just returned from inspecting the target fleet, and he answers questions from radio correspondents aboard the USS
Mt. McKinley. The Secretary notes it is too early to draw conclusions from the test. He was most surprised by the inspection that heavy
ships did not receive that much damage.
Part 2: Vice Admiral Blandy offers his statement on the results of the first underwater atomic bomb explosion.
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Special Army Day 1945 radio broadcast
1945 April 6
Scope and Contents note
A produced Mutual Broadcasting System radio program, several U.S. military leaders report on the war effort in the Pacific
Theater.
The speakers: Lt. Gen. Richardson, Maj. Gen. Chaney, Lt. Gen. Buckner, Vice Adm. Turner, and Adm. Nimitz.
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Special Christmas program with Don Bell
1945
Scope and Contents note
Bell hosts a Christmas program from Tokyo. It features readings from the Bible and carols performed by the 97th Infantry Division
Chorus.
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Sport show
1946 May 24
Scope and Contents note
Part 1 sounds like a play in Japanese.
Part 2, also in Japanese, sounds much more like a program about sports.
The only label on the disc is on the second side, which reads: SPORT SHOW FRIDAY 24 MAY 1946
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Sun Fo radio address
1945 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Bob Brumby presents Dr. Sun Fo. The Chinese dignitary speaks about what his country hopes to accomplish at the United Nations
Conference on International Organization in San Francisco.
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Susan Tate and Gordon Walker radio reports
1945 July 13
Scope and Contents note
Tate reports from Manila for the American Red Cross. She interviews a Filipino actress whose life was radically changed by
the Japanese. She then interviews Paul Thompson, another Red Cross worker, about the Manila Club.
Walker, a reporter for the
Christian Science Monitor, reports from Guam about the American fighting against the Japanese.
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Susan Tate radio report from Manila
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Tate reports for the American Red Cross on how the United States fits within the United Nations. She interviews American and
Australian soldiers.
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Susan Tate radio report, number 747
1945 September 29
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Susan Tate, Bob McCloud, and Fred Baxter radio reports
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
In part 1, Tate interviews people.
In part 2, McCloud and Baxter separately report about Korea.
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Tim Leimert radio report, number 480
1945 April 26
Scope and Contents note
Leimert reports from off the coast of Okinawa about the action against Japanese forces in the area.
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Tim Leimert radio report, number 447
1945 April 19
Scope and Contents note
Leimert reports from Okinawa about his experiences with the soldiers in battle. He interviews Leo Ford of the 96th division;
Ford recounts his experience in the battle of Okinawa.
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Tim Leimert and Don Bell radio reports
1945 June 11-2
Scope and Contents note
Disc 562
Side A, 11 June 1945: Leimert reports about American actions at Okinawa; Don Bell reports about American advances on Borneo.
Side B, 12 June 1945: Bell interviews Bob Brumby about the similarities and differences between China and the Philippines;
Leimert reports about the Japanese forces and an American offer to start surrender talks.
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Tim Leimert and R. A. Gunnison radio reports
1944 November 13
Scope and Contents note
Leimert reports on battles for Guam in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Administrative transmissions from 12 November 1944 are also on the original disc.
R. A. Gunnison reports from the Philippines on Stalin labeling Japan an aggressor nation.
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Tim Leimert and Gene Rider radio reports
194? November 24
Scope and Contents note
Leimert and Rider report about the American invasion of Japan.
The label on side A of the source disc reads: Nov 24, Tokyo Raid, Fed to Brown
The label on side B of the source disc reads: Tim Lemmert #70 interviews Gen Hansell and Sgt Marvin, Guam Pool, Nov 24, 2+3
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Tim Leimert radio report
194? November 24
Scope and Contents note
Leimert reports from Saipan on the beginning of aerial bombardment of Japan.
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Unintelligible program and Jack Mahon radio reports
1945 August 28
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
Chungking
707A
707
Gen Wainwright
Show absolutely no good
Noise level too high
Side B label reads:
Jack Mahon
Aug 28 45
Okinawa B
"C" Sgt Gross Iwo Jima 8/28/45 Rate 3 Time 2'05"
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1946 March 6
Scope and Contents note
Robb introduces Sergeant Bulatao to describe Hidden Valley. He focuses on both the physical layout and the culture.
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1946 February 28
Scope and Contents note
Robb describes a reunion of people that spent time in internment camps.
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1946 April 19
Scope and Contents note
Robb interviews 12-year-old Antonio "Tony" Marcus Bautista. Bautista's father frequently aided anti-Japanese rebels in the
Philippines and was twice jailed for these efforts. Robb and Tony discuss the elder Bautista.
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1945 September 3
Scope and Contents note
File No. P-1353-E
Robb honors the Americans and Filipinos interred at Camp O'Donnell.
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1945 September 21
Scope and Contents note
Walter Robb interviews Army Major Silva. Robb introduces Silva, talks about Silva's family and career, and mentions that Silva
was injured but is currently undergoing treatment.
During the interview proper, Silva covers a lot of ground. He goes over battle stories and wounds he's sustained, describes
the communications of the armed forces, describes the opposing forces, and talks about his family, who are currently in Australia.
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Walter Robb broadcast recording
1945 October 17
Scope and Contents note
Robb reflects on the death of his son in service and how this compares to other Americans' experience and the war effort.
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Waverly Edwards radio report
1945 April
Scope and Contents note
Edwards reports from Guam on the battle over Okinawa from his first-hand experience accompanying the American forces.
Miscellaneous recordings
1941-1946
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A Plea to Mothers
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Frederick Kister asks mothers of the country to remember the first world war and join in a crusade against the United States
entering World War II.
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Audio reportage of Harold Smith to the
Chicago Tribune via the Mutual Broadcasting System
194? October 28
Scope and Contents note
The first story concerns the experiences of the American soldier following the battle of the Philippines.
The second story concerns Filipino guerrilla fighters actions against the Japanese.
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Christmas and New Years radio show
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
This recording is a Christmas and New Years program featuring the Triton chorus.
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Coded signal radio transmissions
1942 February 18
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
2A: Japanese Conversation Drill, J5.31 - Repeated - different voices
2B: Japanese Conversation Drill, J7.23, J7.24, J7/24 Conv 3, J8.21 Conv 1.
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 3A - J8.21, J9.22 Conv 1, J9.22 Conv 2
Side B: 3B - J10.25, J10.25 Con 2, J11.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Jarrett, Jarman, Julliuson, 5A, Unit III
Side B: Jarrett, Jarman, Julliuson, 5B, Unit III
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Eastman Reynolds 31A Unit
Side B: Reynolds Eastman 31B Unit IV
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A - Marshall, Gunston - 24A, Unit I
Side B -
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Disc recording in Japanese
1945 April 30
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Braden, Britt - 4A Unit II
Side B: Abbett, Bonnett - 4B Unit III - 30 Apr 1945
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 1B - J.1.24, J.1.25, J.2.21
Side B: 1B - J2.22, J3.20, J3.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 2A - J.4.16, J.5.31
Side B: 2B - J.5.31
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 1A - J.1.24; J1.25; J.2.21; J2.22
Side B: 1B - J3.20; J3.21; J4.16
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 13A - J3.20, changing voices: GH Goody, PH Walker, JD Kriel
Side B: #13B - J3.21, HT Grant, CE Gustof, PH Walker; J3.20 Grant, Gustafogu, Walker, and Driel
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 21A Unit IV - Gashins, Hope
Side B: 21B Unit IV - Auburn, Adams
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Disc recording in Japanese
1946 July
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 1A - Hess, Goldman
Side B: 1b - Hess, Goldman - 7-46
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Lieut. Beattie, Capt. Abbott, Lieut. Borwich
Side A: 11A
Side B: 11B
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Platkins, Linthicum - Unit I
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 20A - Wyman+Ward, 8.21-8.22
Side B: 20B - Ward-Wyman, 8.21-8.22
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 22A - Justice, Wells, Bilcovitch
Side B: 22B - Wells, Bilcovitch, Bergeson, Eastley
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 10A - J4.16 - Maj. Bardin, Maj. Henderson, Lt. Comlk McClellan
Side B: 10B - J4.16 - Bardin, Anderson - 7.23 Conv1 Bardin, Maj. Anderson - 7.24 Conv 2 McClellan, Anderson - 7.24 Conv 3
McClellan, Anderson
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
16A - J7.23 - conv 1 - Hansen, Williams
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: IA - J1.24, J1.25, J2.21, J2.22
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 15 - Adachi, Inouye, and Masuyama
Side B: 16 - Masuyama, Inouye, Adachi
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: IIIA - J.8.21 Con 2, J9.22 Con 2, J9.22 Con 2
Side B: IIIB - J10.25 Con 1, J10.25 Con 2, J11.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Capt John H Ford, Capt F C Pollard
Side A: #2A - J1.24, J1.25 changing voices
Side B: #2B - J2.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A has no label information
Side B: #1B - J3.20, J3.21, J4.16
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Number 5 Wallace Pnettie, 14A Unit I
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Faulkner, Curron - 22A(b) Unit III
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 12A - 2.21 Bergeson, Gaumond; 2.22 Larson, Hasenyager
Side B: 2.21 Larson, Hasenyager; 2.21 Larson, Hasenyager, Bergeson
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Number 7A - J.3.20, J.3.21 K.U. Mason; Preston Halder; M.M. Halwer
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: IIA - J5.31, change of voices
Side B: IIB - J7.23, J2.24 Conv 1, J7.24 Conv 2, J8.21 Con 1
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
1A, 1B - J1.24, J1.25, J2.21 - E Johnson and JL Kiraley
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Lacke, Koidal - 7A Unit IV, 7B Unit IV
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Prettie, Reed - 12A Unit I
Side B: Redfield, Milniore - 12B, Unit I
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
9A Unit II, 9B Unit II
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Eastman, Rees - 32A Unit IV, 32B Unit IV
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Jeskovik, Kirby 26A Unit V
Side B: Mould, Gunston 26B Unit V
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Disc recording in Japanese
1945 April 30
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Austin-Austin 3A, Unit II
Side B: Alexander-Ballentine 3B, Unit II
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Grope 3, #1-3
Padulla, Lutz, Malcolm
20A Unit III, 20B Unit III
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 9A - J5.31 - Lt. Mac Innis, Capt. Moring, Fager, Lyons
Side B: 9B - J5.31 - Fager, Lyons, Pilkington, Morris
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Yu, Heyl - 29A Unit IV, 29B Unit IV
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 4A - J4.16 - Sobel, Phillipi, Alcock
Side B: 4B - J3.20 - Sobel, RB Johnson, Alcock
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Knudseuz Dyea
Side A: 11A, Unit II
Side B: 11B, Unit II
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 2A: J5.31 - repeated, different voices
Side B: 2B: J7.23, J7.24 conv, J.724 Conv 3, J8.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1944 November 1
Scope and Contents note
8A: Cpl Morehouse, Rt Farr J4.16, Rt King - diauguis voices
8B: J4.16 - Morehouse, Farr, and King
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Freeluesu Elishoudt, 15A Unit II
Side B: Eaeduz Harland, 15B Unit II
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: Liabrest Heahtea, 22A(a) Unit IV
Side B: Leadeu Naulkues, 22B(a) Unit IV
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: #2A J5.31, J5.31, 7.231
Side B: #2B J7.23, J7.24(1), J7.24(2), J8.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 21A Wells, (?), Justice, (?)
Side B: 21B Bereson, Coostly, Mells
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Disc recording in Japanese
1944 November 24
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 18A - Ward and Ormond conv 8.21 1+2 8.27
Side B: 18B - Ormond and Ward 8.21 - 8.22
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads: #19A Leeke - Lea 8.21 + 8.22 Conv 1 + 2 78
Side B label reads: #19B Lea + Leeke 8.21-8.22 Conv 1 + 2 78
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: #3A - J8.21(2), J9.22, J9.22 Conv
Side B: #3B - J10.25(1), J10.25(2), J11.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: J1.24, J1.25, J2.21, J2.22
Side B: J3.20, J3.21, J4.16
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 2A - J5.31, 2 cuts
Side B: 2B - J7.23, J7.24(1), J7.24(2), J8.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 3A - J8.21(2), J9.22, J9.22 com 2
Side B: 3B - J10.25 com1, J10.25 .. 2, J11.21
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 1A - Hurtz, Griffith, Unit I
Side B: 1B - Hendriek, Gill, Unit I
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 33A - J5.31 - Lt. Hobsore, Lt. R. Stolmson
Side B: 33B - J5.31 - BR. S. Johnson, Lt. L.W. Hobson
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Disc recording in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 14, 18, 19
Side B: 15, 16, 17
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Disc recording in Japanese and KLSU radio broadcast
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 9C - J5.31
Side B: KLSU Stanford Scene
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Disc recordings of Book I: Section II: 1-22
1943 May 11
Scope and Contents note
Book I: Section II: 1-22
Hyojun Nihongo Tokumon
Szuzaki-Tzumori
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Disc recordings of Book I: Section II: 23-40
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Book I: Section II: 23-40
Hyojun Nihongo Tokumon
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Douglas MacArthur speech
194? July 25
Scope and Contents note
MacArthur speaks on the birth of a new, independent nation. He is likely speaking about the Philippines, as he is introduced
as "The Liberator of the Philippines," and he speaks about previous American military involvement with the country.
Also on the original disc are two short excerpts of music.
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East Asian radio transmissions
194? December 24
Scope and Contents note
This disc is a set of foreign broadcasts recorded from the air. The program is not in English, and the program sounds like
it is in some East Asian language.
The sound quality of the disc seems to indicate it itself is a copy of another disc.
Side A label reads:
12/24 #2
7:06-7:07
7:16-7:22
7:25-7:29
Side B is unlabelled.
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Japanese conversation drills
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Side A: J8.21 Conv 2, J9.22 Conv 1, J9.22 Conv 2
Side B: J10.25, J11.21
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Japanese lesson sound recording unit 19
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Disc recording of a lesson in Japanese. Actors conduct two-person scenarios.
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Japanese lesson sound recording unit 20
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Disc recording of a lesson in Japanese. Actors conduct two-person scenarios.
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Kato, Naki, Fujiyoshi, and Hamachi disc recording
1945 May 18
Scope and Contents note
1. Kato + Naki
2. Kato + Fujiyoshi
3. Fujiyoshi + Hamachi
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Malayan and Thai broadcasts
194? January 14
Scope and Contents note
Radio broadcasts recorded off the airwaves.
Side A: Sample of Malayan from Chungking 6:33-6:35, 7:02-7:12 Thai?
Side B: 7-7:15 News Thai
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National Broadcasting Company presents the San Francisco Radio Play House
1941-1946
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Newscasts
1943 March 1-5
Scope and Contents note
Recording of radio transmissions from the airwaves.
Transcribed from the label on the discs
Part 01: TITLE 6:01 - 6:09 6:09 - 6:15 #1 DATE 3/1/43
Part 02: TITLE 6:16 - 6:29 #2 DATE 3/1/43
Part 03: TITLE 6:14 - 6:27 #1 DATE 3/2
Part 04: TITLE 6:25 - 6:31 #2 RECORDER 7:07 - 7:18 DATE 3/2
Part 05: TITLE 6:09 - 6:23 #1 DATE 3/3
Part 06: TITLE 6:23 - 6:32 #2 RECORDER 7:00 - 7:04 DATE 3/3
Part 07: TITLE 6:06 - 6:18 #1 DATE 3/4/43
Part 08: TITLE 6:19 - 6:30 #2 RECORDER 7:04 - 7:07 DATE 3/4/43
Part 09: TITLE 6:08 - 6:21 #1 DATE 3/5
Part 10: TITLE 6:21 - 6:32 #2 DATE 3/5
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Radio Tokyo and Voice of China radio transmissions
1942
Scope and Contents note
Covers fighting in the Pacific Theater and China's foreign relationships with the West.
The audio quality is less than expected. The disc appears to have been cut at a slower speed than 33 RPM. The pitch is likewise
off.
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Radio broadcasts
194? January 5
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
1/5 #1
6:06-6:31
Side B is unlabelled.
Writing on the original sleeve reads:
4/1/43 #3
This went on for a while afterward,
but I didn't have any more room.
I seriously doubt if all this is news.
Writing on the other side of the original sleeve reads:
3/16/43
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Radio programs in Japanese
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: A studio-produced drama
Part 2: Sports show
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Radio programs in Japanese
1946 June 24
Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Man on the Street, number 14
Part 2: Part of a drama in Japanese
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Radio transmissions
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
1/2 number 1, number 2
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Radio transmissions
1943 April 14
Scope and Contents note
Side A: 6:13 - 6:15, 6:15 - 6:22, 6:27 - 6:35
Side B: 6:35-6:37, 6:42-6:46, 6:50-6:57
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Radio transmissions
1943 March 3-8
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves.
Side A label in pencil reads: 7:07-7:15 #3 3/3/43
Side A label in ink reads: 6:27-6:30 outside 3/8/43 #2
Side B label reads: 6:14 - 6:26 #1 3/8/43
Original sleeve side B label reads: 3/8/43 #1 #2 outside, reverse
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Radio transmissions
1943 April 14
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves.
Side A: 7:02 - 7:15
Side B: 7:15 - 7:27
Original sleeve label reads: #'s 1 & 2, 4/14/43, it sounds as if they have changed the order of things. The reception was
pretty bad in spots, but the gaps between are music. It was about 5 minutes of music + 5 of talking.
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Radio transmissions
194? March 10
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves.
Side A: 6:07 - 6:20
Side B: 6:21 - 6:34
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Radio transmissions
194? February 24
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves
Side A: #3 - 6:11-6:25
Side B: #4 - 6:25-6:32, 6:58-6:59, 7:07-7:12
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Radio transmissions
194? February 26
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded off the airwaves.
Side A: 5:56 - 5:59, 6:00 - 6:10
Side B: 6:10 - 6:24
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Radio transmissions
194? February 27
Scope and Contents note
Side A: #3 - 6:19-6:29, 6:30-6:32
Side B: #4 - 7:02-7:05, 7:10-7:19
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Radio transmissions
194? February 27
Scope and Contents note
Radio broadcasts recorded off the airwaves.
5:49-5:58, 6:01-6:05, 6:05-6:18
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Sound recording
1943 March 16
April 1 1943
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
6:10-6:31 #1
3/16/43
Side B label reads:
7:10-7:19 #2
3/16/43
4/1/43 #3
6:54-6:59
7:08-7:18
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Sound recording of the Japanese emperor announcing the surrender to the Japanese people
1917 July 21
Scope and Contents note
Both discs were originally in an outer sleeve with the label: "Sound recording of the Japanese emperor announcing surrender
to the Japanese people, July 21, 1917??"
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Sports Parade and test cuts sound recordings
1946
Scope and Contents note
The Mutual Broadcasting System program
Sports Parade features a roundup of several sporting events occurring in the United States. Included are a fishing event, women's diving
in San Francisco, and golfing for WWII veterans. Hosted by Stoney McGlynn in Philadelphia. The program is incomplete.
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Thai radio broadcasts
194? December 9
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
12/9
6:05-6:30
THAI BROADCAST
Side B label reads:
12/9 #2
inside
7:02-7:12
outside
7:15-7:30
THAI BROADCAST
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Tokyo Records disc 101
1941-1946
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Tokyo Records disc 102
1941-1946
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Tokyo Records disc 104
1941-1946
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Tokyo Records disc 110
1941-1946
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Unidentified Asian radio broadcasts
1943 March 2-9
Scope and Contents note
Radio transmissions recorded from the airwaves.
Side A label reads: 6:25- 6:32 #3 7:00 - 7:06 2/26
Side B label reads: 6:42+6:44 6:50-6:51, 6:57-6:58 7:07-7:10 #4 7:11-7:12 2/26
Original sleeve Side A label reads: AXV 3/2/43, the reception was terrible most of the time.
Original sleeve Side B label reads: 3/9/43 #2 all except inside 2 6:42-6:44 6:50 - 6:51 6:57-6:58 7:07-7:09
Inner two cuts on side B are crossed out.
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Unidentified program
1941-1946
Scope and Contents note
A studio-produced program in Japanese; features multiple voices and background, traditional Japanese music.
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Unidentified radio broadcasts
194? January 25
February 15
Scope and Contents note
The broadcasts are in an East Asian language.
Side A label reads:
1/25 #1
6:10-6:30
Side B label reads:
2/15 #1
6:26-6:32
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Unidentified radio transmissions
1942 December 19
1943 March 21
Scope and Contents note
Side A label reads:
12/19 #1
6:05-6:29.5
Side B label reads:
12/19 #2
inside
6:30-6:32
7:03-7:16
3/12/43 #3
7:14-7:21
outside
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Unidentified radio transmissions
194? December 30
Scope and Contents note
Label reads:
12/30 #1
6:07-6:30
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Unidentified radio transmissions
194? January 6
Scope and Contents note
Note on the original sleeve label reads:
The reception was so bad from 6 to 6:30 that there was no point in recording at all.
The rest of the sound recordings are not yet described
box 1
Transcripts
Scope and Contents note
Translations of transcripts of Chinese communist broadcasts from Yenan, China.