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Robert Trout reporting for CBS on D-Day.
This is arguably the beginning of the first anchored newscast in history. Robert Trout ended up holding the chair for about seven hours.
Here are some excerpts from this historic broadcast.
Available at link: http://jheroes.com/2011/06/06/d-day-real-and-dramatized/
That was when CBS was the premier news network. And when they employed Edward R. Murrow, and yes, the incredible Robert Trout, who was woken up in early hours to cover the action on D-Day.
On edit: Trout audio is the first one at the link.
I hope that it is as enjoyable as it is informative. This is real history in the making. And yes, Eisenhower was really giving direct instructions to the French Resistance.