(Atlantic, Iowa) – The bravery of American military members has been well-documented, often due to the unique reporting done by Iowa-based broadcasters on the scene. This Sunday afternoon in Atlantic, Jeff Stein, author, historian and documentary producer will tell how they did their jobs in WWII and later. His program is called “From the Battlefront to the Homefront: Iowa Broadcasters Go To War.” Stein says broadcasters of the day were accredited as “War Correspondents.”

Their reports were live via short-wave radio and Transatlantic Cable, back to Iowa, and make mention of the Iowans they encountered overseas.

Stein said he met a man from Ames who was part of those broadcasts.

Some of the audio clips be available for you to hear this Sunday, have not been heard since they first aired.

The program takes place beginning at 2-p.m. Sunday, at the American Legion Memorial Building, 201 Poplar Street, in Atlantic. It’s free and open to all interested persons. The building is handicapped accessible. The program is sponsored by Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE) and supported by Atlantic Community Promotion Commission. Jeff Stein is provided through Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit sate affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein is recognized as the foremost broadcast historian in Iowa. He currently is news and program director for KXEL based in Waterloo. His daily interview program can be heard weekday mornings. He also airs a daily radio feature on Iowa History, “Iowa Almanac” on 30 stations statewide. Stein taught at the university level for 25 years. He has written several books one of which “One Week in June: The Iowa Floods of 2008” was a best seller.