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ONLINE AUDIO FEATURE, Germany
1960 Radio Recordings from Bob Bowen
This online feature highlights the 1960s radio recordings of Bob Rowen. Rowen served as an Army PFC with the 24th Infantry Division’s Information Office in Augsburg, Germany.
Rowen has shared more than an hour’s worth of his vintage radio recordings from his website at http://www.bobrowen.com/24th/. The recordings are from 1963 and 1964 and were originally broadcast on the Armed Forces Network, Europe. The material was conceived, researched, written and narrated by Rowen with, "help from some great US Army guys and citizens of Augsburg."
Rowen has shared more than an hour’s worth of his vintage radio recordings from his website at http://www.bobrowen.com/24th/. The recordings are from 1963 and 1964 and were originally broadcast on the Armed Forces Network, Europe. The material was conceived, researched, written and narrated by Rowen with, "help from some great US Army guys and citizens of Augsburg."
Highlights of the recordings include:
- Victory Division Showcase - Hohenfels Army Training
- AFN Weekend World’s piece on Augsburg Mayor Klaus Mueller
- Victory Division Showcase - Augsburg, the 24th ID’s Home City
- AFN Weekend World’s piece on Augsburg’s Fuggeri Settlement
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