Description
Black and white 5 1/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad that describes the radio that Motorola Radio designed to be used in World War II, the Handie-Talkie. Before you think that this is a prank, I have the ad in front of me now. This radio was called the Handie-Talkie and I have no idea if this was popular during the war and if everyone just used the Walkie-Talkie instead. This ad says that “Handie-Talkie signals the attack! Handie-Talkie is another Motorola Radio first”. Then the ad says that “If there is glory at all in war, all of it goes without question to the men who do the fighting. We who on the production front turn out the weapons for Victory find ample satisfaction in the knowledge that our product delivers when needed”. Well, that is dramatic but not nearly as good as the words from beyond. “The Handie-Talkie is a battery powered radio receiver and transmitter no larger than a cracker box. The operator talks, giving information, and listens, receiving instructions. Officers and men call it the “fightingest” radio in the Army!”
Source: June 19, 1944 Life magazine.
