This is a November 1942 news broadcast from the CBS World News Today series, with John Daly anchoring from New York. It reports the American invasion force landing at Oran and Algiers on the North African coast and at other points on the Atlantic coast. Officers named in the War Department communique include Lieutenant General Eisenhower as commander-in-chief, and Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle and Major General George S. Patton. Correspondents in Cairo, Moscow, London, Washington and Honolulu relay reports on the reaction in Egypt, Russia and Britain, the Vichy French response, and fighting in the Pacific. A military analysis closes the broadcast.
With John Daly, Winston Burdett, Larry LeSueur, Lee White, Webley Edwards, George Fielding Elliott, Lieutenant General Eisenhower, Brigadier General Jimmy Doolittle.
Listen for: The War Department communique on the American landings at Oran and Algiers, and the Vichy French reports of the fighting there.
First aired on November 8, 1942.
Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.
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15 min