Ham radio alerts the Western World of Lithuanian invasion

[prerunner1982]

January 1991 Russian forces in an attempt to remove Lithuanian independence, invade Vilnius with tanks and men. They attempt to shut down communications with the outside world but Tadas Vyšniauskas (LY2BAW) using the Amateur radio station in the Lithuanian Parliament puts out distress calls that were answered by Juergan Nittner (N9RD) in Indiana and Jerry Rosalius (WB9Z) in Illinois who were able to contact news channels such as CNN and pass on events as they were unfolding. As propagation changed amateurs in other parts of the US take over and continue to relay information.

I know this is not Jeep communications related but it is a fine example of how having the knowledge and ability to communicate without infrastructure can be of great help during an emergency, even when it may not be YOUR emergency.