Collection: Martin Plascak Radio Program Recordings |

Listen To Martin Plascak Radio News Program Recordings

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Content Description

Twenty audio cassette copies of network radio news programs 1940-1945 covering the progress of World War Two. Included among the subjects covered are the invasion of France; Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. declaration of war, Battle of Midway, D-Day, Atomic bomb dropping, Japanese surrender, VE Day, concentration camps, death of President Roosevelt, and election of Harry Truman.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1945

Biographical / Historical

Martin Plascak (1929-2021) was a broadcaster and sports broadcast historian who was professionally active for many years in the Terree Haute, Indiana area. He donated these recordings to Berea College in 2004.