.....Thanks, Murray
Quentin
Hi Quentin! I believe that the flooding as all around where Ed is at. But to my knowledge he wasn't directly affected.
Murray "Highballing to Victory": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxrBbb8QG8k
"Highballing to Victory":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxrBbb8QG8k
No railroading involved. A self congratulation vignette for the American tire producers and their efforts in WW II.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Awesome photos...!
And....May I ask if Houston Ed has been affected by this terrible flooding, and it's aftermath.....?
"Army Railroad":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXWyK1pICU
General Eisenhower, Memorial Day 1945:
https://ia600306.us.archive.org/21/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-30-NBCB-Raymond-Gram-Swing-Gen-Eisenhowers-Memorial-Day-order-of-the-day.ogg
https://ia800306.us.archive.org/21/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-22-BBC-Now-It-Can-Be-Told-Wing-Commander-Ronald-Adams.mp3
Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in World War II By Lieutenant Colonel Clayton R. Newell, USA-Ret.
http://wbachapter.org/files/MilitaryRailwayService.pdf
https://ia601207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-13-CBS-World-News-Today.mp3
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-10-BBC-ITMA-Victory-in-Europe-edition.mp3
The first presidential proclamation honoring Mother’s Day was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Each successive year, presidents followed Wilson’s example and issued a Mother’s Day proclamation. But in 1935, Franklin Roosevelt broke with tradition. He believed that Mother’s Day was so deeply ingrained in the American psyche that an annual presidential proclamation was an unnecessary exercise. So President Roosevelt ignored a Senate resolution calling for a proclamation and instead issued a statement from the White House urging that tributes to American mothers “come simply and spontaneously from our hearts.”
https://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/tag/mothers-day/
President Truman Proclaims Victory in Europe:
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-08-NBC-President-Truman-Proclaims-Victory-in-Europe.mp3
Murray German Surrenders 70 years ago today...ending the war in Europe: https://ia601207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-MBS-Worldwide-News.mp3
German Surrenders 70 years ago today...ending the war in Europe:
https://ia601207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-MBS-Worldwide-News.mp3
Text of the controversial AP bulletin by Edward Kennedy
REIMS, France, May 7 (AP) — Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western allies and the Soviet Union at 2:41 a.m. French time today.
The surrender took place at a little red school house that is the headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The surrender was signed for the Supreme Allied Command by Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff for Gen. Eisenhower.
It was also signed by Gen. Ivan Susloparov of the Soviet Union and by Gen. Francois Sevez for France.
Gen. Eisenhower was not present at the signing, but immediately afterward Gen. Alfred Jodl and his fellow delegate, Gen. Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, were received by the supreme commander.
They were asked sternly if they understood the surrender terms imposed upon Germany and if they would be carried out by Germany.
They answered yes.
Germany, which began the war with a ruthless attack upon Poland, followed by successive aggressions and brutality in concentration camps, surrendered with an appeal to the victors for mercy toward the German people and armed forces.
After signing the full surrender, Gen. Jodl said he wanted to speak and received leave to do so.
"With this signature," he said in soft-spoken German, "the German people and armed forces are for better or worse delivered into the victor's hands.
"In this war, which has lasted more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world."
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/04/ap-apologises-journalist-end-war
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-CBC-Canada-Celebrates-Victory-In-Europe.mp3
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-CBC-Germans-Sign-Unconditional-Surrender-Gerald-Clark.mp3
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-CBS-Germans-Surrender-Howard-K-Smith.mp3
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-05-07-NBC-HV-Kaltenborn-Comments-On-End-Of-The-War-In-Europe.mp3
Music to start the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEFBxqsIcMk
Murray War News: Seventy years ago today: https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-04-28-NBCB-News-Robert-Krupp-Reports.mp3
War News: Seventy years ago today:
https://ia701207.us.archive.org/7/items/1945RadioNews/1945-04-28-NBCB-News-Robert-Krupp-Reports.mp3
The fog of war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFzaHXQG0so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOEaId5hkx4
Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanrcDgsafA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanrcDgsafA
Belongs in the Amtrak food service thread!
https://archive.org/download/1942RadioNews/1942-04-20-CBS-Mobil-Gas-News-Service.mp3
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTRfRK0ahYs
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