CBS World News Today

Fifth Army Repels Counterattacks and Congress Convenes

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This edition of CBS World News Today presents wartime news from January 9, 1944. Its title highlights reports on the Fifth Army repelling counterattacks and the convening of Congress, bringing military developments and events in Washington into the same broadcast.

As a news program, it offers a contemporary radio account of events rather than a dramatized story. Listeners can hear the day’s headlines framed in the language and perspective of wartime reporting, with attention to developments on the battlefield and in public affairs.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.