Letter on a Record.' Made at a USO club operated by the National Catholic Community Service. From a soldier of the 261st AAF Base Unit in Abilene, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. A Baldi of Newark, NJ. Soldiers could walk into a small recording booth and create a record of their voice to send to loved ones instead of a written letter.
Eisenhower accepts the Republican nomination for President at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The President calls the Republican Party, the party of the future, outlining its achievements and promises for the 1956 election. He also discusses three principles of peace the Republican Party and the administration use in foreign policy.
Eisenhower gives this speech before the American Society for Newspaper Editors, shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin. It is also known as the 'Cross of Iron' speech. The President contrasts the Soviet Union's post-World War II doctrine as one of force, while the United States pursued peace and cooperation in the world. He notes that the belligerence of the Soviet Union brought free nations together to avoid atomic war, and he challenges the new Soviet leadership to reject Stalin's style of governance.
This order was issued by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to encourage Allied soldiers taking part in the D-day invasion of June 6, 1944. The order was distributed to the 175,000-member expeditionary force on the eve of the invasion.
Only months after the news of the Soviet Union’s first satellite launch Eisenhower put the first US Satellite into orbit, setting in motion the unprecedented feats NASA continues to achieve today.
As the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower changed the course of history by launching the D‑Day invasion of France. Go inside this pivotal moment.
This letter was written by Ethel Rosenberg to President Eisnehower from her jail cell while awaiting execution in Sing Sing prison.
What should President Eisenhower do when an American spy is captured in the Soviet Union just weeks before a potential peace summit with Premier Nikita Khrushchev? Should the CIA and White House cover for their spy or come clean about their espionage efforts? Can the peace summit move forward as planned? Students will use primary sources to act as presidential advisors, giving Eisenhower advice at key points in the timeline of the U2 spy plane incident and examining the consequences of Eisenhower's choices.
Program Length:
80
Program Group:
Presidency
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, members of the Communist Party, were convicted of passing secrets to the Soviet Union in 1945 and sentenced to death. Controversy surrounded the case, as many claimed the decision was the result of Cold War hysteria, not facts. In this program, students examine primary documents from persons both inside and outside of the intelligence community, as well as stepping into President Eisenhower’s position to decide whether to grant executive clemency to the Rosenbergs.
Program Length:
80
Program Group:
Presidency
