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Title: World War II speech, "I Have Returned"
Creator: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Date: 1944
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: MacArthur speaks on the return of U.S. troops to the Philippines and tells people to rally for their own good.

Title: Winifred Anne Jacobs Walker talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII
Creator: Walker, Winifred Anne Jacobs, 1921-2007
Date: 198x
Collection: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Description: Winifred Anne Jacobs Walker talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from February 1943 to October 1945. She discusses her Army training, shipping overseas to a base in Leominster in England, preparations for D-Day in the spring of 1944, treating invasion casualties, landing in Normandy at Utah Beach in July, and bivouacking near Carentan. Walker says her unit followed the advancing forces into Paris by train and later set up a tent hospital near Liege, Belgium. She remembers...
Show moreWinifred Anne Jacobs Walker talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from February 1943 to October 1945. She discusses her Army training, shipping overseas to a base in Leominster in England, preparations for D-Day in the spring of 1944, treating invasion casualties, landing in Normandy at Utah Beach in July, and bivouacking near Carentan. Walker says her unit followed the advancing forces into Paris by train and later set up a tent hospital near Liege, Belgium. She remembers being on edge during the Battle of the Bulge and preparing to withdraw if necessary and the gory scene she witnessed when her base was hit by a German bomb which killed 25 soldiers. Walker says that she was sent home on a C-47 transport plane after the war, "hitch-hiked" across the U.S. by plane to see her fiance in Washington state and married him soon after her discharge from the Army.
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Title: Western Michigan at work. 1947-11-18
Creator: Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970
Date: 1947-11-18
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: The Blood Brothers Machine Company is featured on this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the company's transformation from a bicycle manufacturer to an automobile manufacturer, and its transition to making automobile parts after automobile manufacturing proved to be too costly. Dewey Kemp, assistant purchasing manager, and C.E. Wood, sales manager, discuss their products and manufacturing process, as well as the company's contribution to...
Show moreThe Blood Brothers Machine Company is featured on this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the company's transformation from a bicycle manufacturer to an automobile manufacturer, and its transition to making automobile parts after automobile manufacturing proved to be too costly. Dewey Kemp, assistant purchasing manager, and C.E. Wood, sales manager, discuss their products and manufacturing process, as well as the company's contribution to the war effort during World War II.
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Title: Western Michigan at work. 1947-09-16
Creator: Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970
Date: 1947-09-16
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Allen Electric Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the genesis of the company, when Gerald H. Allen had the idea to create a cheaper test machine for car generators aimed specifically at Ford. B.E. Bertholet, the sales promotion manager at Allen Electric, discusses the company's new automatic battery charger and explains the role that the Allen Electric education program played in the war effort.

Title: Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service in the U.S. Naval Reserves
Creator: Kearns, Wanda Sherwood
Date: 2004-08-12
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service as an air traffic controller in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) of the U.S. Naval Reserves during World War II. Kearns talks about her basic training in Atlanta, Georgia, learning Morse code and how to "fly blind" in a flight simulator and shares military aviation anecdotes. She says that control tower operators were considered elite and were allowed privileges such as time off between shifts, weekend passes, and free...
Show moreWanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service as an air traffic controller in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) of the U.S. Naval Reserves during World War II. Kearns talks about her basic training in Atlanta, Georgia, learning Morse code and how to "fly blind" in a flight simulator and shares military aviation anecdotes. She says that control tower operators were considered elite and were allowed privileges such as time off between shifts, weekend passes, and free flights to any military base. She also recalls that a woman's voice was thought to be more clearly intelligible over the radio than a man's and that women controllers were allowed to wear slacks to ensure decorum when they climbed ladders. Kearns is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
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Title: WKZO special Army Day broadcast
Creator: Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970
Date: 1948-04-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: This WKZO Special Army Day Broadcast features remarks from Dr. Willis Dunbar, director of programs at WKZO, Henry Ford Jr., mayor of Kalamazoo, and James Wilson, a member of the Kalamazoo Civilian Advisory Committee. Dunbar gives a speech arguing that the United States needs to maintain a strong standing military for the first time in its history but urges the nation to be wary of succumbing to militaristic thinking. Mayor Ford remembers the veterans who gave their lives during World War II...
Show moreThis WKZO Special Army Day Broadcast features remarks from Dr. Willis Dunbar, director of programs at WKZO, Henry Ford Jr., mayor of Kalamazoo, and James Wilson, a member of the Kalamazoo Civilian Advisory Committee. Dunbar gives a speech arguing that the United States needs to maintain a strong standing military for the first time in its history but urges the nation to be wary of succumbing to militaristic thinking. Mayor Ford remembers the veterans who gave their lives during World War II and reminds the public that the Army is an important branch of government even during peace time.
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Title: United States declaration of war on Germany and Italy
Date: 1941
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Clerk of the House reads President Roosevelt's messaga and Eric Sevareid gives report on the vote.

Title: U.S. President Obama pays tribute to U.S. and Allied Forces on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2014-06-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Obama pays tribute to U.S. and Allied forces on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of the European continent at Normandy during World War II. Obama recounts the events of D-Day telling stories of heroism and tenacity displayed by the troops. He reflects on the leaders, the challenges faced by the Allies, life on the home front, and the fight for liberty and democracy. Obama mentions several of the D-Day veterans in attendance as well as current active...
Show morePresident Obama pays tribute to U.S. and Allied forces on the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of the European continent at Normandy during World War II. Obama recounts the events of D-Day telling stories of heroism and tenacity displayed by the troops. He reflects on the leaders, the challenges faced by the Allies, life on the home front, and the fight for liberty and democracy. Obama mentions several of the D-Day veterans in attendance as well as current active duty soldiers commemorating D-Day. Held at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Normandy, France.
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Title: U.S. President Harry Truman talks about Potsdam agreement and attacking Japan with atomic bomb
Creator: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Date: 1945-08-09
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: On returning from Berlin, President Harry Truman addresses the American people. He touches mostly upon issues of the Potsdam agreement, including the goals for a Germany controlled by the Allies, German reparations and the agreement on Poland. The President also justifies the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and warns of things to come if Japan does not surrender.

Title: U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses Congress for the first time as President
Creator: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Date: 1945-04-16
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Harry S. Truman addresses Congress for the first time as President after President Franklin D. Roosevelts death on April 12. Richard Harkness analyzes the speech, which promises unconditional surrender, permanent world peace, and a continuity of the progressive liberalism of President Roosevelt.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks about the capture of Rome by Allied forces
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1944-06-05
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat on the fall of Rome to Allied troops and the recovery measures undertaken for the people of Italy.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks about WWII
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1943-07-28
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat detailing the Allied victories in WWII, including the capture of Sicily, efforts on the home front, and plans for U.S. soldiers as they return home.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks on the neutrality of the United States
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1939-09-03
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: The same day France and England declare war on Germany, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation with a fireside chat emphasizing the neutrality of the United States. He asks the press to discern between fact and rumor before reporting it as news and asks citizens to critically examine everything that is reported.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the Armistice with Italy and the opening of the third war load drive
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1943-09-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Fireside Chat by President Roosevelt announcing the Armistice with Italy and the opening of the Third War Loan Drive.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1940-10-29
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War...
Show moreU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. draw the first two numbers and Roosevelt reads the numbers aloud.
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Title: U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks to the First Infantry Division at a wreath-laying ceremony before departing for D-Day celebrations in Europe
Creator: Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Date: 1994-06-01
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Clinton speaks to the First Infantry Division at a wreath-laying ceremony before departing for D-Day celebrations in Europe.

Title: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in an event in Stockholm honoring Raoul Wallenberg
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2013-09-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Obama participates in an event at the Great Synagogue in Stockholm honoring Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat and honorary U.S. citizen who worked courageously to save Jewish lives while serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest during World War II. Obama says Wallenberg serves as an example to us all not simply to bear witness, but to act.

Title: U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speak at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2016-05-27
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: United States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver remarks following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan. Obama describes the horrors of World War Two and the destruction of the first atomic bomb and says that the U.S. and Japan have made choices since the Hiroshima bombing that should give the world hope and that the world needs to change its mindset about war and work toward peaceful cooperation. Prime Minister Abe, via a...
Show moreUnited States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver remarks following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan. Obama describes the horrors of World War Two and the destruction of the first atomic bomb and says that the U.S. and Japan have made choices since the Hiroshima bombing that should give the world hope and that the world needs to change its mindset about war and work toward peaceful cooperation. Prime Minister Abe, via a translator, talks about his address to the U.S. Congress in 2015 on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two and about the friendship between the U.S. and Japan.
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Title: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp : Washing room interior with sinks
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Washing room interior with sinks

Title: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp : Walled entry to inmate compound
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Walled entry to inmate compound

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