[303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??

[rex pearce]

Bob,
As an English schoolboy during WW2 my access to
Stars and Stripes and Yank was somewhat restricted.
I did see the occasional copy of these publications
which were brought to our home by the 9th AF
Dakota crew member who eventually became my stepfather.
Incidentally one of the originators of Stars and Stripes
was born in Arnold, Notts, my home town.
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Van Pelt" <bvp6565 at yahoo.com>
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??


> Let's not forget Stars & Stipes and YANK.  If you haven't been to a 
> library to look at these, they are a great source of information now as 
> they were during the war.  They are facinating to read.  The tone and mood 
> of the war is clearly evident.
>  Bob
>
> rex pearce <r.pearce763 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>  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"
> 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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