List of World War II war correspondents (1942–43)
This is a partial list of war correspondents who reported from North Africa or Italy in 1942-43, during World War II. Some of the names are taken from the war journal[1] of Eric Lloyd Williams, a correspondent for Reuters and the South African Press Association during the war, and from a radio broadcast he made in 1944.[2]
- James Aldridge, The New York Times
- Bruce Anderson, South African Broadcasting Corporation
- Graham (G. E.) Beamish, New Zealand correspondent[3]
- Jack Belden, LIFE[4]
- Paul Bewsher, Daily Mail
- Homer Bigart, New York Herald Tribune[5]
- Eric Bigio, Daily Express
- Robert Bob Bryant, Hearst's International News Photos[6]
- Hal Boyle, Associated Press
- Sam Brewer, Chicago Tribune[7]
- Christopher Buckley, The Daily Telegraph[8][9]
- Norman Clark, News Chronicle[10]
- Alexander Clifford, Daily Mail
- Edward Harry Crockett, Associated Press[11]
- Walter Cronkite, United Press
- Arch Curry, New Zealand Broadcasting Service and BBC[12]
- Daniel De Luce, Associated Press[13][14]
- Richard Dimbleby, BBC
- David Divine, The Sunday Times[15]
- Robert Dunnett, BBC[16]
- William ("Willy") Forrest, News Chronicle (wounded in the head)[17]
- Frank Gervasi, Collier's Weekly
- Frank Gillard, BBC
- Hank Gorrell, United Press[18]
- Les Green, South African Broadcasting Corporation
- Harold Guard, United Press[19][20]
- Thomas Healy, Daily Mirror (North African campaign), New York Post (Anzio & subsequent Italian campaign 1944-1945)
- Matthew Halton, Toronto Star, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Guy Harriot, Sydney Morning Herald[21]
- Ernest Hemingway, Colliers
- Bruce Hewitt, New Zealand Press Association[22]
- Russell Hill, New York Herald Tribune[23]
- Geoffrey Hoare, The Times[24]
- Clare Hollingworth, Daily Express, Chicago Daily News[24]
- Alaric Jacob, Daily Express
- Denis Johnston, BBC[25]
- Philip Jordan, News Chronicle[26][27]
- Ed Kennedy, Associated Press
- George Lait, International News Service[28]
- Ronald Legge, The Daily Telegraph
- Alexander Gault MacGowan, The Sun (New York)
- John MacVane, NBC
- Denis Martin, Daily Herald[29]
- Frank Martin, Associated Press[30]
- Richard McMillan, United Press[31]
- Bill Mauldin, Cartoonist, Stars and Stripes
- Drew Middleton, The New York Times[32]
- Ronald Monson, Daily Express and Australian newspapers[33]
- Alan Moorehead, Daily Express
- Allen Morrison, first Black reporter in WWII for Stars and Stripes
- Chester Morrison, CBS[34]
- Leonard Mosley, Allied Newspapers
- William Munday, Australian newspapers[35]
- Gerald Norman, The Times
- John (Tex) O'Reilly, New York Herald Tribune[36]
- Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard Newspapers
- Albert Victor Ravenholt, United Press
- Robt. Reuben, Reuters News
- Quentin Reynolds, Collier's Weekly
- Andy Rooney, Stars and Stripes
- Frederick Salusbury, Daily Herald
- Nestor Solodovnik, TASS News Agency
- Norman Soong, Chinese press
- Edmund Stevens, Christian Science Monitor[37]
- Bill Stoneman, Chicago Daily News
- Bill Stringer, Reuters News
- John Sutherland, South African Press Association[38]
- Jack Thompson, Chicago Tribune
- George Tucker, Associated Press[39]
- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, BBC
- Ralph Walling, Reuters
- Alan Whicker, British Army's Film and Photo Unit
- Don Whitehead, Associated Press[40]
- Eric Lloyd Williams, Reuters/South African Press Association[41]
- Chester Wilmott, BBC and ABC
- Harry Zinder, TIME[42]
References
- ^ Unpublished war journal, Eric Lloyd Williams
- ^ "Eric Lloyd Williams". Cape Times. February 12, 1944. [dead link]
- ^ "New Zealand war correspondent G E Beamish in the Libyan desert during World War 2, [ca 3 Dec 1941]". National Library of New Zealand. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Jack Belden, Journalist, 79". The New York Times. New York. June 6, 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Reporter Homer Bigart, famed war correspondent". Pittsburgh Press. April 17, 1991. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Guthrie, Julian (July 27, 2003). "Robert L. Bryant -- World War II photographer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 27, 2003.
- ^ "Photograph of Sam Brewer". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.
- ^ Howse, Christopher (March 16, 2009). "Alan Whicker interview: a journey of a lifetime". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Details for Buckley, Christopher". The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial. Archived from the original on October 28, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ "Norman Clark: war correspondent and foreign editor for the News Chronicle". Press Gazette. August 25, 2004. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ David Halberstam (May 10, 2007). Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-56898-689-0. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "BBC news bulletin. 1941-12-14, Libya report from Arch Curry". www.ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes: Telegraphic Reporting (International)". pulitzer.org. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Daniel De Luce obituary". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 31, 2002. p. 9B. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ David Divine obituary, The Times, 2 May 1987
- ^ "Robert Dunnett, a BBC Radio broadcaster covering the D-Day invasions". Getty Images. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Abilene Reporter-News (9 April 1943), p. 14; The Spectator (10 December 1943), p. 8.
- ^ "Soldier of the Press: Covering the Front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943". Amazon.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Army & Navy - HIGH COMMAND: Hero on Ice". TIME. August 3, 1942. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010.
- ^ "Harold Guard (Author of The Pacific War Uncensored)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ Ramsay, Alan (April 26, 2008). "Mighty Moments In The Fray Filled Nation With Pride". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Distinguished journalist Hewitt dies". The Revolt and The Revolting. October 18, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Riess, Curt (1971). They Were There: The Story of World War II and how it came about. Books for Libraries Press. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-8369-2029-1. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ a b Addley, Esther (January 17, 2004). ""A foreign affair": Clare Hollingworth". The Guardian. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Reference to Denis Johnston's autobiography Archived September 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jordan, Philip (1943). Jordan's Tunis Diary. London: Collins.
Jordan also covered the Spanish civil war, other regions and parts of the Russian front prior to arriving in Tunis in November 1942.
- ^ "Battle of Africa: Full Measure of Blood". TIME. February 15, 1943. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Lait, George (December 2, 1941). "Saviours of Britain". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Settel, Arthur (1950). This is Germany. Sloane. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-8369-2427-5. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Frank (November 9, 1942). "Axis Air Force enters battle; Fighting rages in Casablanca, Algiers taken, Oran encircled". Ellensburg Daily Record. p. 1. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Richard McMillan reporting from North Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Pace, Eric (January 12, 1990). "Drew Middleton of The Times Dies at 76". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Australian war correspondents Ronald Monson and D. Brass, Sicily, 1943". plus.google.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Radio: Voice from Cairo". TIME. August 24, 1942. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "William Munday news story, December 22, 1942". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ^ O'Reilly, John (Tex) (April 1944). "My Beat was the Battlefield". Popular Science. 144 (4). Bonnier Corporation: 62–65. ISSN 0161-7370. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Edmund Stevens, 81, a Reporter In Moscow for 40 Years, Is Dead". The New York Times. New York. May 27, 1992. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "South Africans Tour District". The Pittsburgh Press. August 16, 1944. p. 26. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Tucker, George (November 9, 1942). "Summary of War in North Africa emphasizes its see-saw nature". The Montreal Gazette. p. 14. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary And Memoirs by John B. Romeiser". allbookstores.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Whitehead, Don; Romeiser, John Beals (2006). Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary and Memoirs. Fordham University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-8232-2675-7. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
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- ^ Zinder, Harry (March 3, 1941). "Wavell: The hero of North Africa believes that a good general takes a gambler's chance to win "victory by a knockout"". LIFE. Time Inc. pp. 63–73. ISSN 0024-3019.