D-Day Invasion “…about to embark up on a great crusade” – (June 6, 1944) – EP 2

It was the biggest overseas military operation in the biggest war in world history – and its best kept secret as well. D Day turned the tide of battle in World War 2. D Day demonstrated radio’s ability to carry news with clarity and immediacy. And while reporters like Robert Trout, Edward R. Murrow, and Richard C. Hottelet became household names, it was the ingenuity of an NBC stringer reporter named Wright Bryan, who finagled his way aboard a flight of paratroopers and became the first to report the landing.

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Hottelet, “Murrow showed us that a word was worth a thousand pictures.” Casey Murrow (Edward R. Murrow’s son) – Recorded Edward R. Murrow – Archival interview Howard K. Smith, member of “Murrow’s boys” – Archival commentary Richard C. Hottelet, member of “Murrow’s boys” – Archival commentary Robert Trout – Television Academy Interview Michael Freedman, Professorial Lecturer, GWU School of Media and Public Affairs; President of The National Press Club, expert on Murrow – Recorded Mark Bernstein – Author of “World War II On The Air” – Recorded