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Saturday Morning Serial: Wartime Broadcasts (Audio)

May 25, 2013
Produced by Tom Roe. (57:03)
Listen to FDR declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower warn of the "military-industrial complex," a bit of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, and more on a Memorial Day edition of "Saturday Morning Serial." Also included are Ghandi's "Soldier of Peace" speech, and Albert Einstein speaking about nuclear weapons after WWII. And there's music including, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Matthew Shipp with William Parker, "Over There" by George M. Cohan, "Der Fuerher's Face" by Spike Jones, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by Sgt. Barry Sadler, and "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen.