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'Radio Diaries': Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier

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Published February 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM EST

In 1946, Orson Welles vowed to solve a shocking crime on his radio show on ABC: the beating of a Black soldier who was returning from service after Word War 2. Radio Diaries recalls the story.

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