May 8, 1945, could be summed up in one word: victory. In fact, that's exactly the one word that many headlines used to tell their readers that victory had finally occurred in Europe and that the war in that part of the world would be ending. What else was being reported on such an important day? Listen to this episode for 3 additional history stories.

SOURCES

“Advertisement: Planter's Peanuts (Page 2).” The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), n.d. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “GI Reported Dead -- Wife Remarries.” The Greenwood Commonwealth (Greenwood, Mississippi), May 8, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Buchenwald.” United States holocaust memorial museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Accessed February 3, 2022. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/buchenwald.

“Nazis Served Up Corpses on Short Order At Buchenwald.” The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico), May 8, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Picture Results For Irma Irene McGough.” www.ancestry.com, n.d. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/36376723/person/18933663471/media/9fcbbe04-63b7-416b-ae95-658ed339a9b2?_phsrc=xdm75&_phstart=successSource.

Reader, Les. “Port Security Force Joins Manhunt For Killer Suspect.” The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), April 27, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Slain Girl's Family Offered Home Here.” The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), April 24, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Slaying Trial Set For June 4th.” The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), May 8, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Surrender, Urges Wife of Suspect.” The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), April 27, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“Tragedy Unfolds Story of Tangled Family Relations.” The Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington), April 25, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“U.S. Forces Liberate Buchenwald.” United States holocaust memorial museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Accessed February 3, 2022. https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1942-1945/us-forces-liberate-buchenwald#:~:text=April%2011%2C%201945&text=The%20underground%20resistance%20organization%20in,the%20camp%2C%20saved%20many%20lives.

United Press. “Victory.” The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Oklahoma), May 8, 1945. www.newspapers.com.

“V-E Day Is Celebrated.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 16, 2009. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe.

“Victory in Europe Day.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 10, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day.

“Wife of Two Servicemen in Dilemma.” Harold & Helen Goad. Accessed February 4, 2022. http://old.minford.k12.oh.us/mhs/history/PortsmouthHistory/MilitaryStories/HaroldGoad.htm.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.