[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s audio is another recording of a Japanese radio broadcast aimed at Americans in the Pacific theater. It starts off with war news and then shifts to a program of music hosted by Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka “Tokyo Rose” aka “Orphan Ann”). This one lasts 17:08. Click on the link below to listen.

The Zero Hour, with Orphan Ann

Iva Toguri D’Aquino

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Resistance Slight – 2-3
Making Last-Minute Plans for Southern France Invasion (photo) – 3
Starting Their Mission with a Prayer (photo) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Germans Caught Unaware by New Thrust from South (Matthews) – 5
Parisians Go Wild with Joy at News – 5
Falaise Gap is Cut (Daniel) – 6-7
Planning to Set the Trap for Germans in Normandy (photo) – 7
Patton the Third Army’s Chief; Senators Confirm His Promotion – 8
Norman Trap Lines 1,000 Miles of Ruin (Denny, Boyle) – 8-9
Woman Says Laval, Petain Must Die (Gruson) – 9
Russians Drive On – 10-11
Soviet Proposal Made Debate Topic – 11
4,000-Plane Blow Flails Luftwaffe (Anderson) – 11-12
Himmler’s Hand Seen in Bombing; Reich Power for Him the Result (Pertinax) – 12
Poles in Italy Gain East of Frontone – 13
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 14
Another Powerful Blow (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 15
Ottowa Postpones Provincial Parley (by P.J. Philip) – 15
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 16-18
Red Cross to Equip 10 Soviet Hospitals to Aid Civilian Population in Freed Areas – 18
MacGowan of Sun Captured in France; Nazis Report Companion Hurt in ‘Scrape’ – 18