Archive for the ‘Soldiers of the Press’ category

The story of an American reporter who hid out with the Philippine underground rather than remain in Manilla. The soldiers who crossed the Adolf Hitler bridge. Original Air Dates:  April 15 and 22, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

Two episodes of Soldiers of the Press. First, a look at the heroic work of nurses responding to a Nazi advance. Then the story of a grease monkey who was often in hot water-until he shows his courage under fire. Original Air Dates: February 18 and March , 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.

Virgil Pickney’s report on covering D-day. Original Air Date: June 25, 1944 Robert Vermillion tells a story of two soldiers on the road to Rome. Original Air Date: July 2, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.

A look at an elite unit called Merrill’s Raiders. Original Air Date: April 30, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.  

A reporter encounters a pilot discouraged by not taking out any German fighters is offered a steak dinner by Walter Cronkite if he shoots some down. A UPI correspondent rides aboard an experiment British ship. Original Air Dates: May 9 and 23, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Two episodes of Soldiers of the Press. Leo Disher lands with the Marines and wins a purple heart Episode 5. In Episode 6, Tokyo UPI Bureau Chief Robert Bellaire writes about being a prisoner of the Japanese. Original Air Dates: December 7 and 14, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Two stories of soldiers on the front lines from episodes of Soldiers of the Press.  Henry Gorrell covers the bombing of Navareno Bay and Robert Miller lands with the Marines at Guadalcanal. Original Air Dates: November 9 and 16, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.