CBS World News Today – March 25, 1945

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This is awful! I completely forgot about yesterday's radio thread. So here it is on 24 hour delay.

Find the following description of today’s broadcast here.

“3/25/45: Today is Greek Independence Day [March 25th.] On Friday [3/23] British and American forces linked up on the east bank of the Rhine, forming a bridgehead 30 miles wide. On the east bank, German resistance is “light to moderate” with none on the west bank. Admiral spot congratulating itself for having been awarded an Army-Navy “E” flag. The 1st Army is moving east from Remagen. A report that Patton has crossed the Rhine is still unconfirmed. In Washington, the mood is one of “optimism and hope.” From San Francisco: a very good recorded interview with an Army staff sergeant who flew 8 photo-reconnaissance missions over Japan in the B-29 Yokohama YoYo. [This plane would later fly the first post-atomic bomb strike photo recon mission over Hiroshima in August, 1945.] The staff sergeant tells of seeing a plane with German markings over Japan. He also tells of a Super Fortress that successfully fought off 70 enemy planes. PSA asking for qualified to men to join the Merchant Marine."

To listen to the broadcast click on the link below.

CBS World News Today, March 25, 1945

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