0815-0900 NEWS, EYE WITNESSES

File 011 440606 0815-0900 EWT

- Elmer Peterson continues his news analysis. The siege of beach heads isolates the Normandy peninsula.
- Peterson cites Churchill reporting about how much airplanes, ships and bombs are being used, about how the minesweepers “did their task efficiently and effectively”. Churchill states that a great number of paratroopers (“the ultimate of modern warfare”) are doing their job. Churchill: “It does seem that some tactical surprise has been achieved [against the Germans]”.
- Elmer Peterson gives more news bulletins. More than 640 naval guns, ranging from 4 to 16 inches in size, are bombarding the beaches and enemy strong points.”
- Bulletins from Paris, London. Blood donors present themselves in accordance with a pre-arranged plan.
- Then Elmer Peterson recapitulate Churchill’s speech at Commons.
- Then at 0823 EWT the NBC talks about the reschedule of their programs because of D-Day coverage. At 0800 EWT a broadcast with Stanley Richardson (1st eye witness account of naval action) and Merrill Muller (eye witness account from Eisenhower’s headquarters) was planned, but Richardson’s account was troubled by interference and drop-outs. Merrill Muller could not be reached. Now their accounts are scheduled again at 0825 EWT.
- Then Elmer Peterson continues with news bulletins from “other fighting fronts”: Rome, Eastern fronts (Rumania, Japan vs. China). Then he’s citing German news dispatches about the invasion.
- Special broadcast from London: ATTEMPT to broadcast complete version of the first eye witness account of the naval action (by Stanley Richardson) and an eye witness account from Eisenhower’s headquarters (by Merrill Muller).
- Elmer Peterson with a round-up of the news. Reports about American paratroopers who strike the first blow behind enemy lines. A blow like a “single sledgehammer blow paving the way for the frontal assault troops”.
- Then at 0830 EWT a new attempt to establish contact with Stanley Richardson. Also this attempt is without result.
- 0832 EWT. Back to NBC New York, News summary. Allied sources, German sources. Churchill.
- 0837 EWT. This time Stanley Richardson’s first eye witness account of naval action can be transmitted without problem; followed directly by Merrill Muller who gives his eye witness account of the proceedings at Eisenhower’s headquarters.
- The words of Roosevelt’s D-Day prayer read in DICTATION SPEED (rather fast for a dictation speed I’ll say; A.L.). The prayer has been scheduled for 2200 EWT the same evening.
- News bulletins from Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, London.
- Montgomery’s five point recipe for victory: 1) Allied solidarity 2) Offensive eagerness 3) Enthusiasm 4) Confidence 5) All our effort.
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