[Homer_J_Simpson]

V-Mail from New Guinea.

I found some film negatives with my father’s letters and had them developed. I don’t know exactly when or where they were taken but I suspect it was around this time and they may be the ones he refers to in this letter. He appears in all 4 of the photos below – HJS.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Archive.org has several radio recordings for today. I’ll put the short ones here. We will hear President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat on a separate thread at the time named in the notice on page 5 of today’s news post.

Godfrey Talbot, BBC, reports Rome taken by Allies. (1:16)

Godfrey Talbot, BBC

Godfrey Talbot at El Alamein, 1942

Richard Dimbleby, BBC reports on the first D-Day aircraft taking off. (0:47)

Richard Dimbleby, BBC

Richard Dimbleby

Field Marshal Montgomery’s address on eve of D-Day (0:54)

Field Marshal Montgomery

General Eisenhower’s pre-D-Day announcement to the troops. (1:42) General Eisenhower, “This great and noble undertaking”

General Eisenhower talking to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.

Finally, BBC broadcasts cryptic messages for the French resistance. If you remember “The Longest Day” you should remember this. (1:05)

“Wound my heart with a monotonous languor.”