CBS D-Day Broadcast Pt 1 Text

CBS D-Day Broadcast (Part 1) TextFirst 01:30 transcription of the broadcast beginning reports in the United States of the D-Day invasion in Normandy.1944 Jun 6 "CBS World News - Bob Coss speaking -And again we bring you the available report, all of them from German sources, on what the Berlin Radio calls, 'The Invasion.'There is still no allied confirmation of any sort. Correspondents who rushed to the War Department in Washington soon after the first German broadcasts were heard, were told that our War Department had no information on the German report.There has been no announcement of any sort from allied Headquarters in London. The first news on the German announcement reached this country at 12:37 AM eastern war time.The Associated Press recorded this broadcast and immediately pointed out that it could be on which allied leaders have warned us to expect from the Germans. Shortly after 1 AM EWT the Berlin Radio opened its news program with a so called invasion announcement. Columbia short wave listening stations here in New York head the Berlin Radio say, and I quote, 'Here is a special bulletin: Early this morning the long awaited British and American invasion began with paratroopers landing in the area of the Somme estuary. The harbor of Le Havre is being fiercely bombarded at the present moment. Naval forces of the German Navy are off the coast fighting with enemy landing vessels. We've just brought you a special bulletin.' End of quotation."Listen to the first part (66:15) of the actual D-Day broadcast here. (continue reading &aquo;)