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Also Known As VOA
Date 1942 - 1953
Related People Paul J. Flory • Willis Conover

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Technicians working in the master control room at a Voice of America facility.
Willis Conover interviewing Louis Armstrong
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map of the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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