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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Leningrad and Ukraine Offensives – Operations, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
Anzio-Cassino Area, 1943: Attempts to Cross Rapido and Garigliano Rivers, 17-20 January 1944. Anzio Landing, 22 January 1944. German Counterattack at Anzio, 16-19 February 1944
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943; Situation in Pacific, 1 November 1943
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, April-December 1944 and Situation 31 December

“Another U.S. Ace Missing”
Capt. Duane W. Beeson Lost

He was sent to a prison camp and eventually liberated, but died from a brain tumor in 1947, aged 26.

On our Pacific island, reception is good tonight, so we tune into Radio Tokyo to listen to Tokyo Rose...
(NOTE: Original artists were not accessible for the musical numbers. Next broadcast available: May 12, 1944 - InMemoriam)

APRIL 21...XMTN 10...MUSIC...1111111

ANN:
Thankyou thankyou thankyou!

Greetings everybody! Meet the girl who put the 'O' in Ptomaine! This is Ann back at the microphone and presenting Radio Tokyo's special program for listeners in Australia and the South Pacific. How's my Orphan Family, have you been good Boys?..alright, then, we'll have some music...a tango to start with.. 'I Kiss Your Hand Madame!

BUS:
'KISS YOUR HAND MADAME' (V.J.A. 5020-A)

ANN:
And that got rid of the formalities. Although you boys will have to improve your hand kissing technique, and a shave would help. Never mind, let's have a song....here's the Australian singer, Peter Dawson, doing a mighty good job with 'Old Man River'.

BUS:
'OLD MAN RIVER' (V.J.A. 631-A)

ANN:
Thank you Mr. Dawson...This is Radio Tokyo calling and presenting a special program for our friends 'Down Underneath the Southern Cross! I've got a tango mood tonight so here we go again, this time its a tango by Albeniz, played by Barnabas von Geczy and Orchestra.

BUS:
'TANGO' (V JA 10116-B)

ANN:
One more item and then we'll have your news from the American Home Front....a stranger this time..Grace Moore in Musetta's Waltz from 'La Boheme'.

BUS:
'BOHEME' (35080-A)

ANN:
And now here is your news announcer to read you the news from the American Home front.. Come on in!..

TED READS A.H.F. NEWS....

ANN:
Thankyou thankyou etc.. And that brings us back to music again...any latecomers listening? Well you're sharing Radio Tokyo's regular program for Australia and the South Pacific... Dangerous enemy propaganda so beware? Our next propagandist is Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops Orchestra playing Ketelby's 'In a Persian Market'. After this one it will be time for your News Highlights and then the Zero Hour with its music from the USA. In the meanwhile..the Boston Pops!...please to listening!

BUS:
'IN A PERSIAN MARKET (V JK 53-A & B)
NEWSHIGHLIGHTS - ZERO HOUR - COMMENTARY 7 mins...Sign off.

Concerning the p10 article about Capt. Duane Beeson missing over Berlin.

He was shot down while strafing an airfield and was taken prisoner. He survived the war but died in 1947 of a brain tumor.

http://acesofww2.com/USA/aces/beeson/