In June 1942, Lowell Thomas was working as a radio announcer. It was his sad duty to report that the initial Americaninvasion to retake Hawaii from the Empire of Japan was a disaster, listing three ships sunk. He also reported on German troop movements in the Soviet Union and North Africa.[2]
Lowell Thomas broadcast and commented upon the third inauguration of PresidentFrankin D. Roosevelt on January 20, 1941. This came just a week after Japan declared war on the United States. Thomas also broadcast the speech Roosevelt made, in which he assured the American people that the U.S. would defeat Japan, that it would not be involved in Europe, and that the USA must become strong enough to never fear defeat by another country.[3]
In 1942, Thomas covered the mid-term Congressional elections, noting that the Democrats had lost some ground, but still held the majority, and that foreign policy would not be shifting.[4]
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