Xx-xx-xx18V-j Day The End Of The War

The casting company bring the actual sound record of World War II 2,191 days from the time Hitler's concert divisions moved across the Polish borders The ceremony of the Japanese surrender aboard the United States battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay the most terrible period of death and destruction in the long history of man World War II

Adrama preserve for all time through the medium of radio and era never to be forgotten It is May 8, 1945, and for the first time in more than five years there is peace in Europe.

The war in the West is over. The German war in Germany speaks to the British nation and the world. Let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead. Soon with all that treachery and greed remain unsugused.

Spritania! Long live the cause of freedom. God save the king. Now the attention of the world is focused toward the Pacific Theater of Operations.

A brief recapitulation of the events. The United States Marines landed on Iwo Jima. The island is eight miles square with no vegetation.

Its landing beaches are covered with volcanic ash, rocks, and boulders. The island is ugly and treacherous. It is also only 750 miles from Tokyo. Marine Commander General Holland Smith said during the battle, the fight was the toughest the Marines have had to face in 168 years.

On February 23rd, 1945, a Marine patrol pushed to the top-most ridge of Mount Surabachi, the key to the southern end of the island. Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal was there to snap the photograph of the flag-raising ceremony that turned out to be the most famous photograph of the war. Equally fantastic was the coincidence that saw Secretary of the Navy James Forest