[303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??

[harold susskind]

During the war my fighter refereed quite a few bouts in Madison square 
Garden in New York City.  Quite 0r few fights were written about in the 
Stripes.  It made thing s closer to home.  I got quite a few kicks when the 
stripes said the decision by the referedd was loudly booed.  Hal susskind

>From: Bob Van Pelt <bvp6565 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
>To: 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
>Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Life at Molesworth??
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:57:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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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