Battle for Iwo Jima
Two war correspondents deliver a dramatic account of the U.S.'s hard-won battle for Iwo Jima in March 1945.
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Battle for Iwo Jima
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Two war correspondents deliver a dramatic account of the U.S.'s hard-won battle for Iwo Jima in March 1945.
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Report on the Battle of Okinawa
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On April 1, 1945, the U.S. 10th Army under Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner began the invasion of Okinawa, a Japanese-held island in the Pacific considered the final stepping stone in an advance toward the Japanese mainland. Two days into the invasion, a news report relays the story of the U.S. Army's fast-paced advance.
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Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
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On September 1, 1945, in a radio address to the American people, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, formalized aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Reports on Teheran and Cairo Conferences
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Following the 1943 Big Four meetings in Teheran and Cairo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a Christmas Eve broadcast promising the nation that they can look forward to peace, though at a high cost.
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FDR Asks Congress to Declare War on Japan
FDR Asks Congress to Declare War on JapanAudio Clip (7:47)
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On the day after the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt tells a joint session of Congress that the United States must take up arms in response.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Liberation of Rome
Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Liberation of RomeAudio Clip (1:51)
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In a broadcast to the nation, on June 5, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt tells Americans that, with the fall of Rome, the first of the Axis capitals "is now in our hands."
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Germany Advances in the Battle of the Bulge
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On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched a counteroffensive attack intended to cut through the Allied forces. A dispatch describes the situation along the front as the Allies face great adversity in the ensuing battle.
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Allies Liberate Bastogne
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In a broadcast on December 29, 1944, Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe recounts the 101st Airborne’s victory against overwhelming odds at Bastogne, Belgium.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on American Progress in World War II
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Audio Clip (1:00)
With the United States now entered into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt uses the occasion of Washington’s birthday to broadcast to the nation on February 23, 1942, an outline of America’s progress in the war.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Financing the War
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In his fireside chat radio broadcast on April 28, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt presents his seven-point economic stabilization plan to deal with the country’s unprecedented wartime spending.
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Operation Ten-Go
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Suicide Bombers Attack USS Hornet
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USS Laffey Under Attack
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Marines Invade Iwo Jima
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Before the famous flag-raising, U.S. forces encounter fierce resistance from entrenched Japanese forces at Iwo Jima in 1945.
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