Radulovich, whose story turned tide on McCarthy era, dies at 81

Source: LA Times

Milo Radulovich, an Air Force reservist caught in the net of 1950s communist hunters, whose case was championed by CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in a historic television program that led to the collapse of the McCarthy era, died Monday in Vallejo, Calif. He was 81.

The cause was complications from a stroke, said his sister, Margaret Fishman.

In 1953 Radulovich was threatened with discharge from the Air Force Reserve because of allegations that he was a security risk.

What aggrieved him -- and eventually thousands of other Americans who learned of his plight -- was that his own loyalty was never questioned. He stood accused of politically incorrect ties-- namely, his "close and continuing association" with his Yugoslavian immigrant father, who subscribed to a Socialist newspaper from the old country, and his left-leaning activist-sister, who had demonstrated against war and racial discrimination.

On Oct. 20, 1953, Murrow devoted an entire installment of his documentary show "See It Now" to Radulovich, who appears in a clip from the program in "Good Night, and Good Luck," the 2005 Oscar-nominated movie about the battles at CBS over whether Murrow should take on Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist crusade

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Shame some didn't learn and in many ways are reliving the McCarthy era. Wonder how Mr. Radulovich felt about what is happening now? RIP Mr. Radulovich!

RIP Mr. Radulovich.

Hekate

Thank You!

RIP Milo.

McCarthy, Nixon, Roy Cohen all monsters.

And Ronald Reagan was ratting on his friends. What a sap.

And see if you can descry any parallels between the witch hunts of the 1950s and what's going on today. Guilt by association, blanket condemnations, and accusations of wrong-doing just for a person being related to a his father or sister.

And sad to say this sort of activity isn't confined to our whacko friends on the repressive right.

Terrific, page turning book about the Radulovich story. Of course, "Good Night and Good Luck" is must-see movie going, as well. But the full truth is incomparably greater.

Valerie Plame's experience shows us McCarthyism is alive and well under George W. Bush.

Where was the beloved Eisenhower? He just stood back and let it all happen. Paid more attention to
Henry Cabot Lodges need to invade central America to save United Fruit than he did to the McCarthy
defame and destroy machine, even when it turned on the U.S. Army. Can you imagine? What was with
that?