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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, 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
  • Hal Boyle, Associated Press[6]
  • Sam Brewer, Chicago Tribune[7]
    Clifford and moorehead

    Alan Moorehead (left) and Alexander Clifford (right) during the North African Campaign

  • Christopher Buckley, Daily Telegraph[8][9]
  • Norman Clark, News Chronicle[10]
  • Alexander Clifford, Daily Mail
  • Edward Harry Crockett, Associated Press[11]
  • Walter Cronkite, United Press
  • Daniel De Luce, Associated Press[12][13]
  • Richard Dimbleby, BBC
  • David Divine, Sunday Times [14]
  • Robert Dunnett, BBC[15]
  • William ("Willy") Forrest, News Chronicle (wounded in the head)[16]
  • Frank Gervasi, Collier’s Weekly
  • Frank Gillard, BBC
  • Hank Gorrell, United Press[17]
  • Les Green, South African Broadcasting Corporation
  • Harold Guard - United Press [18][19]
  • Matthew Halton, Toronto Star, CBC
  • Guy Harriot, Sydney Morning Herald[20]
  • Bruce Hewitt, New Zealand Press Association[21]
  • Russell Hill, New York Herald Tribune[22]
    Ernie Pyle

    Ernie Pyle on board the USS Cabot

  • Geoffrey Hoare, The Times[23]
  • Clare Hollingworth, Daily Express, Chicago Daily News[24]
  • Alaric Jacob, Daily Express
  • Denis Johnston, BBC[25]
  • Philip Jordan, News Chronicle[26]
  • Ed Kennedy, Associated Press
  • George Lait, International News Service[27]
  • Ronald Legge, Daily Telegraph
  • Alexander Gault MacGowan, The Sun (New York)
  • Denis Martin, Daily Herald[28]
  • Frank Martin, Associated Press[29]
  • Richard McMillan, United Press[30]
  • Bill Mauldin. Cartoonist, Stars and Stripes
  • Drew Middleton, New York Times[31]
  • Ronald Monson, Daily Express and Australian newspapers[32]
  • Alan Moorehead, Daily Express
  • Chester Morrison, CBS[33]
  • Leonard Mosley, Allied Newspapers
  • William Munday, Australian Newspapers[34]
  • Gerald Norman, The Times
  • John (Tex) O'Reilly, New York Herald Tribune[35]
  • Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard Newspapers
  • Quentin Reynolds, Collier’s Weekly
  • Frederick Salisbury, Daily Herald
  • Nestor Solodovnik, Tass News Agency
  • Norman Soong, Chinese press
  • Edmund Stevens, Christian Science Monitor[36]
  • Bill Stoneman, Chicago Daily News[37]
  • 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]
  • Harry Zinder, Time[42]

References[]

  1. Unpublished war journal, Eric Lloyd Williams
  2. Cape Times, Feb 12, 1944. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=938914&imageID=17126495&MyToken=c93f2b50-8499-43d9-b1d4-a9cedae27ac4
  3. Photograph of Beamish in the Libyan desert: http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=40005&l=en
  4. New York Times obituary of Jack Belden: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/06/obituaries/jack-belden-journalist-79.html?pagewanted=1
  5. Pittsburgh Press obituary of Homer Bigart,1991: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19910417&id=xXMdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_mMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2856,224244
  6. Hal Boyle's grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6792217
  7. Photograph of Sam Brewer: http://www.life.com/image/50367561
  8. Reference to Buckley's death in Korea in 1950: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5000960/Alan-Whicker-interview-a-journey-of-a-lifetime.html
  9. "Details for Buckley, Christopher". The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial. http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=719#. Retrieved 2011-08-16. 
  10. Norman Clark obituary: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=28908&sectioncode=1
  11. Report on Crockett's death in 1943: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jxMLBzrbnFwC&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=%22edward+harry+crockett%22&source=bl&ots=4vtZrkWIVU&sig=E5MjumpzW9PuYIYgaKK5ZJ9t3mI&hl=en&ei=7s2JS67TNJWXkQWJvu2eDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22edward%20harry%20crockett%22&f=false
  12. Daniel De Luce wins Pulitzer Prize, 1944: http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Telegraphic-Reporting-%28International%29
  13. Daniel De Luce obituary: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20020131&id=XicqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1j4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2924,7754807
  14. David Divine, obituary, Times, 2 May 1987
  15. Photograph of Robert Dunnett: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2637657/Hulton-Archive
  16. Abilene Reporter-News (9 April 1943), p. 14; The Spectator (10 December 1943), p. 8.
  17. Reference to Hank Gorrell's war memoirs: http://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Press-Covering-Europe-1936-1943/product-reviews/0826218512
  18. "Army & Navy - HIGH COMMAND: Hero on Ice". Time. August 3, 1942. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773343,00.html. 
  19. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5267869.Harold_Guard
  20. Guy Harriott news story, 1941: http://www.battleship.com.au/battleship-articles/2008/4/26/mighty-moments-in-the-fray-filled-nation-with-pride/
  21. Report on Bruce Hewitt's death, October 2005: http://stopwarsaveearth.blogspot.com/2005_10_18_archive.html
  22. Reference to Russell Hill: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e4jnk4vVdpUC&pg=PA637&lpg=PA637&dq=%22russell+hill%22+%22herald+tribune%22+africa&source=bl&ots=69QrJBenh1&sig=7P6bA-6RCkw7iTqumXfj-ULylkQ&hl=en&ei=rz-LS77IGIW3rAfS_8jACg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22russell%20hill%22%20%22herald%20tribune%22%20africa&f=false
  23. Marriage to Clare Hollingworth: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jan/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13
  24. Guardian profile of Clare Hollingworth: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jan/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview13
  25. Reference to Denis Johnston's autobiography: http://www.answers.com/topic/nine-rivers-from-jordan
  26. His book: Jordan, Philip (1943), Jordan's Tunis Diary. Collins, London. Jordan also covered the Spanish civil war, other regions and parts of the Russian front prior to arriving in Tunis in November 1942. Time magazine quotes Philip Jordan, February 1943: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774252,00.html
  27. George Lait news story, December 2, 1941: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19411202&id=KbQKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6933,173985
  28. Reference to Denis Martin: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yuAQjOsCVm8C&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=%22war+correspondent%22+%22denis+martin%22&source=bl&ots=RRc_8jgbRj&sig=os3PreUCw9gWVnDGzCU30yiZgyU&hl=en&ei=0TmLS4arBYy3rAfGmYi5Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22war%20correspondent%22%20%22denis%20martin%22&f=false
  29. Frank Martin news story, November 9, 1942:http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19421109&id=gEcKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2koDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5176,2484914
  30. Richard McMillan reporting from North Africa (Audio MP3 file): http://www.mediafire.com/?kaoge4mfytx
  31. Drew Middleton obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/12/obituaries/drew-middleton-of-the-times-dies-at-76.html?pagewanted=all
  32. Link to photo of Ronald Monson: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gg9gorZBizEQLD-z4FxJcg
  33. Time magazine article on Chester Morrison, August 24, 1942: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,849943,00.html
  34. William Munday news story, December 22, 1942: http://www.mediafire.com/?kaoge4mfytx
  35. Article by O'Reilly and photograph of him: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2ykDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=%22bill+stoneman%22+chicago+war+correspondent&source=bl&ots=tOrFxs8rSY&sig=DSl7WL5S9sDOOn80tDzVN5vGpk8&hl=en&ei=pMqJS7rNIY6OkQWT64HODw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22bill%20stoneman22%20chicago%20war%20correspondent&f=false
  36. New York TImes obituary of Edmund Stevens: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/27/world/edmund-stevens-81-a-reporter-in-moscow-for-40-years-is-dead.html?pagewanted=1
  37. Photograph of Bill Stoneman: See reference 30
  38. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19440816&id=oncbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9UwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3047,4104427
  39. George Tucker news story, November 9, 1942: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19421106&id=sr4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=05gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3307,1042864
  40. Reference to Don Whitehead's memoirs: http://www.allbookstores.com/book/9780823226757/Combat_Reporter_Don_Whitehead_s_World_War_II_Diary_And_Memoirs.html
  41. Reference to Eric Lloyd Williams in Don Whitehead's memoirs: http://books.google.com/books?id=cF-qd7nKsWwC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22lloyd+williams%22+whitehead&source=bl&ots=iiUuX8JBb4&sig=OdvAMlb_3lM0PhBaf2uRNt_AgyE&hl=en&ei=iCeLS83YKMvGrAfJ1dmNCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22lloyd%20williams%22%20whitehead&f=false
  42. Harry Zinder article in Life magazine, March 3, 1941: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22harry+zinder%22&source=bl&ots=BUUpiCi6vh&sig=7P5qe2oaFsliih6-ZmB1qUuWxK0&hl=en&ei=Y3KKS_aWLdGIkAWx58wl&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22harry%20zinder%22&f=false
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