Category Archives: Soldiers of the Press

Strawberry Shortcake at War

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Bob Stepno

Alas, the liberation story shown in this Google newspaper archive clip never made it to the radio, as far as I know, but it hints at the first-person style of husband-and-wife United Press correspondents Reynolds and Eleanor Packard. The “Soldiers of the … Continue reading →

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Custer’s stand in the Pacific: An injured Soldier of the Press

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Bob Stepno

https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Soldiers_Of_The_Press_Singles/SoldiersOfThePress42-11-30004JoeJamesCuster-WithBattleFleet.mp3 This episode of the United Press World War II radio series Soldiers of the Press covers reporter Joe James Custer’s service from Pearl Harbor through the sinking of a U.S. Navy cruiser he was assigned to in the Solomon Islands … Continue reading →

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Covering a war, start to finish, with a Soldier of the Press

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Bob Stepno

by Bob Stepno The Old Time Radio Researchers Group collection of the United Press radio drama “Soldiers of the Press” at the Internet Archive contains fewer than half the episodes of this World War II series, but so far the … Continue reading →

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