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NBC Transmitter
Mission Accomplished
During the initial broadcast of the Army Hour, April 5, 1942, Henry L. Stinison, then Secretary of War, said:
”The main purpose of the Army Hour will be to keep you in touch with our soldiers, our sailors and our Allies . . . we shall establish a firm link between those stationed in faraway places and those of us loho remain here at home to carry on our part of the battle. All America xvill hear these programs as loell as our fighting forces and our allies everywhere. ”
Throughout 189 broadcasts from April 5, 1942, to November 11, 1945, the Army Hour was true to its purpose. More than a radio program, it was a military mission of the Army of the United States to bring to the people back home the sounds of war — to tell them how their men were living in battle stations throughout the war. Now that mission is accomj)lished.
Niles Trammell, President ot the National Broadcasting Company, expressed the sentiments of all who shared in the operations of the Army Hour when he wrote Major General A. D. Surles, Director of Information, \^ar Department:
"// has been an extraordinary privilege and a source of great pride to NBC and its affiliated stations to broadcast this splendid program uninterruptedly for three years and seven months. You and your able staff have earned the gratitude of the American people for bringing the Army close to them each week in a vivid and human presentation. ”
In saluting an outstanding veteran of the first war in which modern radio broadcasting was called upon to serve, NBC hopes to have further opportunity of serving the War Department — to help preserve the peace so valiantly won by our fighting men.
National Broadcasting Company
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