The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski

Radio Diaries : #64: The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski Image
Radio Diaries : #64: The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski Image

The Vietnam Tapes of Michael A. Baronowski

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In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, Michael A. Baronowski made tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. And he sent those audio letters home to his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

And then he was killed in action.

Michael’s tapes survived and were used to produce this story as part of the public radio series “Lost and Found Sound,” created by the Kitchen Sisters and Jay Allison. The story was produced by Christina Egloff and Jay Allison.

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Thanks to Jay Allison for writing a truly inspiring foreword to our new DIY Handbook. The handbook is a guide to producing great radio stories with chapters on interviewing, writing, and editing. Go to Transom.org to read Jay’s intro and get your own copy.