[IRCA] AFRS India-Burma Memories Honored

[Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

For anyone interested:
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US Armed Forces Radio
70th Anniversary 1941-2011
Six New Features Released
India-Burma WWII
_________________________  The Radio Heritage Foundation releases six new features celebrating
AFRS radio stations in India and Burma during the 1940's at its
global website www.radioheritage.com. 2011 is the 70th anniversary of American Armed Forces Radio
broadcasts, and the six new features look at AFRS radio in a part of
the world that few people today know once had these temporary radio
stations.  AFRS India-Burma looks at the network of 16 stations set up in what
are now India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka to entertain and inform
US forces during WWII and the campaigns to both protect India and
help the Chinese war effort. AFRS The Ledo Road visits the network of AFRS stations along the
famous Ledo Road built to bring supplies by road from Northern India
to China via Burma. This feature was written as the stations were
closing down. AFRS WOTO Bhamo is a contemporary look at the 'Wings Over The Orient'
radio station in northern Burma, one of the stations along The Ledo
Road. This is a fascinating visit inside the operations of one of the
most isolated AFRS stations in the region. AFRS VU2ZP Bangalore introduces the personnel and programs that made
this local AFRS station one of the most popular in India during its
short time on the air. Rare photos from the private collection of one
of the original VU2ZP broadcasters bring extra meaning to the written
words. AFRS VU2ZP Signs-Off is a retrospective of the Bangalore station,
including its sleepless monitoring that helped it be the first
station in India to report the end of the war in Europe. Again, rare
photos of staff and VU2ZP studios make this a special feature. AFRS VU2ZS Misamari is another contemporary indepth look at the
people and programs of the small AFRS station at Misamari. These six new items are in addition to the introductory feature AFRS
China-Burma-India already at www.radioheritage.com. This also covers
stations in China and remains the only comprehensive listing of the
stations involved. The features have been made possible by CBI veterans and their
families preserving a variety of original resources such as magazines
and photos and we encourage support for their projects. We're pleased
to help bring them to a broader audience. Many other AFRS radio features at www.radioheritage.com include rare
photos and personal memories and stories from the past 70 years of
AFRS operations. The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage at its
global website www.radioheritage.com. Sponsors now get a free World Radio TV Handbook 2012 shipped
worldwide for their support of this international project. You can
also choose your personal favorite feature to sponsor - included in
your sponsorship - for even greater public acknowledgement. Full
details are at www.radioheritage.com. ---
 
Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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