Photo: #U.S. forces debark at Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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U.S. forces debark at Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (Photo Courtesy of the Naval Historical Center)

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World War II on the radio

Broadcast: Midday, 06/06/2007, 11:00 a.m.

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Broadcast journalism was still inventing itself as American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy 63 years ago. Documentarian Stephen Smith shows us what the war sounded like on the radio.

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  • Stephen Smith: Executive editor for American RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media.

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