[303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??

[rex pearce]

Regarding media during WW2.
English newspapers during the war were subject to
severe censorship. Copies of nespapers could be sent to
neutral countries, Portugal, Spain, etc, and from there find their way to 
German hands.
Some while before D-Day, a crossword compiler in a London daily newspaper 
used the words Omaha and Overlord  in his crossword. These two words were 
code words used for D-Day, and this use caused much
investigation by the security authorities.
There was a radio broadcast, American Forces Network,
from England, very popular with Americans and British alike, mainly up to 
date music of that time.
Short wave from the USA could be picked up, as it was
pre-war. I remember as a young schoolboy getting up in the middle of the 
night to listen to the broadcast of the fight between Joe Louis  and our 
Welsh challenger
Tommy Farr. Louis got a points decision.1936, I think.
I would very much doubt that space would be found
in shipping convoys for American newspapers.
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Schlegel" <guyschlegel at comcast.net>
To: <303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:38 PM
Subject: [303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??


Yes, It's been pretty slow on the list lately, so I thought I'd pop in a 
question or two, or three.....

How did you guys get your news from the States? Were there newspapers sent 
over to keep up on what was happening in America? Was there any radio 
broadcast via shortwave you could listen to? If so, were you allowed radios 
in your huts or did you have a set in a day or orderly room? If you did have 
shortwave broadcasts from the US, what were some of the radio programs that 
you liked to listen to?

Also, I haven't heard anything from Jack Rencher in quite a while, is he OK?

Only the Best!
Guy
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