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Guest Book and Introductions / Hi,

« Last post by slicer17 on August 24, 2010, 08:39:06 AM »

Hello from sunny Florida,

new here and looking forward to meeting everyone.

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Information Operations / Obama's Public Relations & Propaganda Initiatives

« Last post by der Chef on August 18, 2010, 07:55:20 AM »

Obama's Public Relations & Propaganda Initiatives analysed in this U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Report:
http://bit.ly/cSJBln

The report also gives a brief but interesting historical overview of previous administrations' "covert propaganda" inside the U.S.

During recent administrations, government propaganda has been used less frequently to support war efforts and more often to support specific programs favored by the White House. Modern propaganda efforts have run afoul of federal law in cases where the source of the material was not disclosed. Most frequently, the modern Executive Branch relies on tactics that covertly ingrain material produced by the government into print and television journalism. The GAO has ruled that these tactics constitute covert propaganda and as such are impermissible...

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Guest Book and Introductions / Re: OIF 2003 NEW TO FORUM

« Last post by der Chef on August 18, 2010, 12:17:09 AM »

Mitch, sorry don't have any details about IZD-2511 but just want to welcome you to the site and forum.

Best wishes,

Lee

Hi everyone. I served in Iraq and Kuwait during the 2003 Iraq war. Before I flew back home I happened across a stack of 4 different leaflets at Al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait. I've since sold them off and on, mostly off, on eBay. I have found info on all of them accept one, #IZD-2511. It has on one side a US Air Force cargo plane offloading pallets of supplies and on the other side a couple of pictures of US servicemen handing out supplies. Any info on this, such as a translation into English, would be greatly appreciated.

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Guest Book and Introductions / OIF 2003 NEW TO FORUM

« Last post by mitchhailey on August 17, 2010, 04:06:47 PM »

Hi everyone. I served in Iraq and Kuwait during the 2003 Iraq war. Before I flew back home I happened across a stack of 4 different leaflets at Al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait. I've since sold them off and on, mostly off, on eBay. I have found info on all of them accept one, #IZD-2511. It has on one side a US Air Force cargo plane offloading pallets of supplies and on the other side a couple of pictures of US servicemen handing out supplies. Any info on this, such as a translation into English, would be greatly appreciated.

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Radio and broadcast PSYOP / Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany

« Last post by der Chef on August 12, 2010, 01:06:02 AM »

This new book by auther Richard Lucas sounds like a good read. I will try to review it when it's available:

AXIS SALLY: THE AMERICAN VOICE OF NAZI GERMANY
By Richard Lucas
 
Casemate publishes the first fully-documented biography of the Ohio native and notorious World War II radio propagandist on October 19, 2010.  Now available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and Borders, Axis Sally: the American Voice of Nazi Germany is based on government documents and ‘lost’ trial transcripts that reveal the complex life of this tragic figure. 
 
( Havertown , PA -- August 13, 2010) – Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany by Richard Lucas, the first fully-documented biography of the notorious World War II broadcaster, will be published on October 19, 2010.   One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), better known to American GIs as “Axis Sally.” Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda.
 
Her 1949 trial for treason captured the attention and raw emotion of a nation fresh from the horrors of the Second World War. Her 12-year imprisonment and life on parole is a remarkable story of a woman who attempts to rebuild her life in the country she betrayed. 
 
Author Richard Lucas is a graduate of Hamilton College , Clinton , NY and Binghamton University , Binghamton NY .  He is a freelance writer and lifelong shortwave radio enthusiast.  He is a native of Johnson City , NY and currently resides in Short Hills, NJ.
 
The book is published by Casemate, a leading publisher and distributor of history and military books. 

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Guest Book and Introductions / Greetings from a new member

« Last post by wstillwagon on July 24, 2010, 07:43:31 AM »

Hello. I am a retired instructional designer in business and industry in the USA. I have studied Swiss Psychiatrist, Carl G. Jung, PhD, MD, since 1965 to better understand myself and others. I also was fascinated by the writings of American John Steinbeck and became aware of the possible influence of Jung's ideas on his thoughts and subsequently his fiction and non-fiction. I discovered that there was considerable Jungian influence on Steinbeck from about 1922 when he was an on-again, off-again student at Stanford University in California. Many of Steinbecks' ideas were crystallized in conversations with Edward F. Ricketts (Doc in Steinbeck's Cannery Row novels); Jungian Mythologist, Joseph Campbell; writer Henry Miller, and many others in the 1930s. My goal has been to take the ideas to a level for easier visualization and to make them useful. I've never had interest in becoming a clinician with my psychology studies but to apply what I learn in doing better training or human performance needs analysis and developing better instructional material. And I've had some success with these goals. My brief bio may be seen at http://www.hallowquest.com/wes.htm. I believe the ideas I developed based on the foundations I found in Jung and Steinbeck have value anywhere that a better understanding of people, especially of individuals is sought and would nicely compliment research developed and executed from a behaviorist perspective.

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Radio and broadcast PSYOP / USFK commander voices opposition about South Korea loudspeaker broadcasts

« Last post by der Chef on July 19, 2010, 01:07:50 AM »

USFK commander voices opposition about loudspeaker broadcasts
U.S. experts have noted that the broadcasts may cause a rift with the U.S.
By Lee Jae-hoon

United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Walter Sharp has reportedly expressed his virtual opposition to the South Korean Army’s plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts at the DMZ aimed at North Korea. Sharp reportedly expressed this view when he met with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Lee Sang-eui after the Lee Myung-bak administration’s announcement on May 24 of measures pertaining to the sinking of the Cheonan.

Multiple military sources connected to South Korea-U.S. relations said Tuesday that Sharp had doubts as to the aim and effectiveness of the loudspeaker broadcasts, and asked if there was a contingency plan should a firefight erupt between North Korean and South Korean troops. The sources said Sharp’s expressed opinion has been interpreted as opposition to the restart of propaganda broadcasts. Sharp reportedly expressed his opinion during a breakfast meeting with Lee in early June.

The military sources also said Sharpe expressed regret that South Korean military authorities did not confer with the UN Command, a party by international law to matters pertaining to the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), prior to the announcement of plans to restart the loudspeaker broadcasts.


Military authorities installed loudspeakers at 11 locations along the MDL after announcing a plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts as part of the measures aimed at North Korea announced by the Lee administration on May 24. Actual broadcasts have thus far not restarted, and the plan to operate LED screens for psychological warfare use has been virtually canceled. A military source said cooperation between the United States and South Korean military authorities regarding psychological warfare operations has not been smooth.

North Korea has responded to South Korea’s plan to restart loudspeaker broadcasts through repeated threats. The head of North Korea’s delegation for inter-Korean military talks issued a threat to fire on the loudspeakers on May 26, and the North Korean military’s general staff threatened to launch a full-scale war and turn Seoul into a “sea of fire” on June 12.

Appearing before a parliamentary special committee on the sinking of the Cheonan on June 11, Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said in regards to the loudspeaker broadcasts that the ministry had decided to delay as both South Korea and the United States felt it would be best to start them after the UN Security Council finishes taking measures against North Korea. It appears the South Korea’s military’s reserved attitude on the matter was greatly influenced by the negative attitude of the United States.

In response, Donald Gross, Asia policy advisor to Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, stated through a column in the Hankyoreh on June 21 that the South Korean army’s psychological warfare operation could ignite a wide-ranging military conflict on the Korean Peninsula of which the end would be impossible to accurately predict. Cautioning that it would have the unintended effect of causing a fissure in the South Korea-U.S. alliance, Gross called for the plan to be indefinitely postponed or sdungped all together.

Please direct questions or comments to englishhani@hani.co.kr

Source: http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/429238.html

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Guest Book and Introductions / Re: Apologies for not signing in before

« Last post by der Chef on July 13, 2010, 12:05:59 PM »

Hi Ron,

Great to see you here and I always enjoy our chats on WW2Talk.com

Ron is a Second World War veteran and has done an excellent job of documenting his wartime experiences. We first met through the BBC's WW2 People's War project. Ron, as he mentions above, regularly contributes to WW2talk.com an excellent forum with a British and Commonwealth flavour, I highly recommend it.

Lee

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Guest Book and Introductions / Apologies for not signing in before

« Last post by Ron Goldstein on July 12, 2010, 09:42:00 AM »

As someone who has been a long time admirer of this site I have just noticed that I have never registered my appreciation and thanks.

My name is Ron
My details are here: http://www.blogger.com/profile/17035008
and I usually hang out at http://www.ww2talk.com/

Before handing over my Army Album to the Imperial War Museum I had a small collection of German WW2 leaflets, hence my interest.

All best regards

Ron Goldstein

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Guest Book and Introductions / Re: Cheers and greetings

« Last post by der Chef on July 08, 2010, 06:24:46 PM »

Welcome Pappy! EOD? Rather you than me :-)

You have my upmost respect, stay safe out there and enjoy your visit to PsyWar.Org

Lee

Howdy! I'm a former EOD tech, just stopping for some re-education.
Interesting site, and well stocked with historical nuggets.