Vox Pop, Interview with Private Hugh Alexander at Walter Reed Hospital, March 15, 1943

1943-03-15

From 1932 to 1948, Parks Johnson hosted Vox Pop, a radio program devoted to interviewing men, women, and children from all walks of life. Johnson and his co-hosts broadcast from locations around the United States. They also broadcast from locations in Canada, Mexico City, London, and Paris.

This interview features Warren Hull talking to Private Hugh Alexander, a member of the "colored regiment" of the U.S. military, who had just returned to the U.S. from India to be treated for a broken arm. Pvt. Alexander served in the military from 1941-1943 with the 823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion. 

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Broadcasting, Communications

1940s

North America; United States; Washington, D.C.

Commercial Broadcasting

Special Collections and University Archives

English

3:51, transcription disc

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