[ex-snook]

Greeting Buddies, Families, Friends

One down, one to go.

Regards,

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Thank you for your service.

[The KG9 Kid]

Hear it as the news broke on NBC, May 8th 1945:

NBC: VE Day Special Broadcast (13.8mb .MP3)

[politicket]

Thanks for your service. Which Army Infantry Division were you a part of?

[The KG9 Kid]

Command Performance 05/14/1945 Victory in Europe special broadcast -- (13mb .MP3)

Bing Crosby hosts, with opening monologue by Ronald Coleman.

Guest stars: Jimmy Durante, Ida Lupino, Desi Arnaz, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith, Dinah Shore, Ginny Simms, Frank Sinatra, Bill Mauldin, Rita Hayworth, Ernie Whitman, Ginger Rogers, Ruth Huzi, Pat Travers, Don Wilson, George Montgomery, John Conners, Jane Faulkenburg, Diana Lewis, GI Jill, Johnny Mercer, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Danny Kaye, Carmen Miranda, Claudette Colbert.

Closing monologue by Orson Welles.

[potlatch]

Today is the 65th Anniversary of VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY,
when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional
surrender of Hitler's German forces in Europe.

Pray God we can defeat another mad man trying to destroy our own country.