Concordia after WWII

Concordia after WWII

Schoberg, G.L.

A reading of a "Concordially Yours" radio broadcast, written and originally broadcasted in 1946 by G.L. Schoberg. This broadcast recounts the experiences and feelings of Cobbers who have returned from WWII.

Schoberg, G.L.

Concordia College Archives
RG 21.1.1 FF12 Box 2
IPF Lloyd Sunde
P15423E - Lloyd Sunde 1994 Alumni News
P15436 - Lloyd Sunde in Navy Uniform
P15446 - Deck of a Navy Ship WWII (Article in Alumni News 1994)
P15456 - Normandy WWII
P15600 - Lloyd Sunde and Companions
P27457 - D-Day 50th Anniversary in Normandy

Concordia College Archives

1946

Collins, Jenna; audio recorder
Burrell, Corinne; video editor
Cole, Layne; researcher

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Video, .mov

English

Moving image

1 minute, 10 seconds

Corinne Burrell, editor
Jenna Collins, audio recording
Layne Cole, photos/research

There are lots of them who waited for the moment when they could pal around with the same old gang at Concordia once more. They thought of it in Italy and in the Philippines. They don’t wax enthusiastic about it, now that they are sunning themselves around Fjelstad’s walls during purple fall days; but they do admit, when pressed, that they are glad. Carrying books is better business than carrying ammunition cases. And the lunch hour at the cafeteria is better than a chow wagon. Maybe they are a little older – maybe a lot wiser – maybe they have seen the world, but they are back where they started, because they want to be. It’s the indefinable. But it’s there.
Cobbers have seen a lot during the just past years. And they have given it up to be at Concordia, with Christian ideals, Christian associations, Christian friends, and the atmosphere of Christian teaching and learning. Sometimes we think at Concordia that what we stand for attracts them from the ends of the earth.