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What Hath God Wrought Battle Front Signal Breakthrough
The article traces how the first mobile wireless press transmission linked Normandy and Leyte to U S newspapers and radio via Press Wireless Inc and PX PZ units. It details early dramatic messages from the front, the wartime logistics, technical hurdles, and the global reach of wirelessly transmitted war news as editors receive stories within minutes across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bob Considine
INS
Considine
America
New York
Press Wireless, Inc
Prews
MacArthur
Philippine
Mabuhay
Philippines
Germany
Europe
Mackay
RCA
Prewi
Hodges
First Army
Jack Frankish
U. S
International News Service
Associated Press
United Press
North ‘American ‘Newspaper Alliance
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Normandy
D-day
Px—P
FCC
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atlantic
England
A. Warren Norton
Stanley Grammer
Grammer
Times Square
Hicksville
Long Island
Los Angeles
Samuel F. B. Morse
Atlantic Wall
London
Paris
United Nations
Pacific