It kind of looks like a Transistor Radio - except I don't think we had those before the late 1940s. Anyone have a clue? This is from a Victory At Sea Youtube video where the device in question starts at 20:33 or so.
Looks similar to this one (edit: pictured radio isn't the one he had just the same style) that a relative took for 'rides' in a P47 in New Guinea 1944. In was passed down to family and I don't know what brand it was or what happened to it. I think it could run on battery or 120 volts.
It's a civilian portable radio, the soldier tuning/turning the knobs makes sense, and the description states the unit takes batteries so it is indeed portable.. It appears to be a Philco model pt-87. You can see one here: 1941 (June 1940) - Philco Radio Gallery I have to think this would have been a fairly pricey item at the time, and the soldier using the set has a pinky ring, which is another ostentatious choice.
Thanks - your radio looks a lot like it. Any idea what was being broadcast at that time? the lack of an Antenna would imply AM - was there an armed forces AM radio broadcast?
To figure out what was being broadcast, you have to at least know where and when the radio was at the time. A difficult task from the video.
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