Historical Images and Personalities
VOA's early work and facilities, in the studio and in the field.
![Willis Conover with jazz great Louis Armstrong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/54103ea9-fe44-46b0-86b9-849f57e5e3e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Willis Conover with jazz great Louis Armstrong.
![VOA's earliest broadcasts were in German (Robert Bauer, 1942)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad4c77d2-3b51-4705-8480-06e5f65959b0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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VOA's earliest broadcasts were in German (Robert Bauer, 1942)
![John Houseman, VOA's first Director: 1942-1944](https://gdb.voanews.com/4fb122b7-d1b7-43eb-bd9d-c833c82de4e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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John Houseman, VOA's first Director: 1942-1944
![Edward R. Murrow, Director of VOA's parent agency, the U.S. Information Agency. 1961-1964](https://gdb.voanews.com/25f28cdc-7039-4410-9080-b7c80eeeafa8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Edward R. Murrow, Director of VOA's parent agency, the U.S. Information Agency. 1961-1964