University of Washington Collection. 1931 - 1977. Audio Recordings Forming the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive of Radio Newscasts Relating to World War II and Special Coverage of Other Historical Events. 1931 - 1977. VE-DAY

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University of Washington Collection. 1931 - 1977. Audio Recordings Forming the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive of Radio Newscasts Relating to World War II and Special Coverage of Other Historical Events. 1931 - 1977. VE-DAY

1945

From Supreme Allied HQ: General Patton message; General Courtney Hodges message; General Louis H. Brereton message; General William H. Simpson message; General H.D.G. Crerar, Commander Canadian 1st Army, intro.

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National Archives at College Park

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Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham, 1888-1965

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Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966

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General, U.S. Army. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to John Steinbeck, 1947 May 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775803940 Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887-1966), soldier and military commander, was born in Perry, Georgia. In 1904, after graduating from high school in Perry, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he failed geometry and had to leave after one year. He spent the following year as a grocery clerk ...

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known ...