Today we have several short broadcasts reporting on the beginning of the Battle of Iwo Jima. These broadcasts all originally aired on February 19 and 20, 1945.

Please note that today’s episode contains live reports of combat and may be disturbing to some listeners.

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Today we have the February 18, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, Belgium, London, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.

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Today we have “Into Berlin,” the March 3, 1945, episode of The Man Called X as it aired over the Blue Network, what we know today as ABC. It was sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

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Today’s episode features a program from New York’s WOR radio saluting Purple Heart recipients from the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Today we have the February 9, 1945, evening news from New York radio station WEAF. It offers updates on the war from both the Western and Eastern Fronts in Europe, as well as news from the Pacific.

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Today we have “The Bid Was Four Hearts” an episode of Words at War. It originally aired on NBC on February 27, 1945. It is based on the book “Faith of our Fighters” by Ellwood C. Nance.

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Today we have a little taste of the home front, the February 13, 1945, episode of the Alan Young Show as it aired over ABC. This episode also was a fundraiser for the U.S. Treasury Department’s War Bond efforts.

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Today we have the January 28, 1945, edition of CBS World News Today. It includes analysis and updates on the war, with reports from Paris, London, Belgium, Pearl Harbor, Washington, and New York.

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Today we have NBC’s War Telescope as it aired on January 20, 1945. Usually broadcast from London, it offered weekly updates on the war every Saturday, as well as looking at what could be coming in the weeks and months ahead. This week, John MacVane delivers commentary on Allied efforts in Europe.

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Today we have the January 19, 1945, noontime news from Minneapolis radio station WCCO. It offers updates on the war in Europe and the Pacific, as well as news from the home front. That is followed by President Franklin Roosevelt’s inaugural address as he begins his fourth term in office.

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