Eugene Burns

Eugene Burns was an American author and war correspondent (b. Eugene Burnstein in Estonia). He died on July 15, 1958, at the age of 52, during a street mob revolt in Baghdad, Iraq.[1]

Personal

Burns was born in Moscow. Before working in Iraq, Burns lived in Sausalito, California.[1] Burns was married to Olga Burns.[1] They had twin daughters, Carol Eugenia Burns and Stephanie Olga Burns, born in 1944.

Career

He started out his career as a newsman and later worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in the Soviet Union, China, and Pacific during World War II.[2] He also wrote books on animals and fishing, and was the author of the column, "Is That So?", which covered wildlife.[1]

Bibliography
  • The Last King of Paradise (Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1952)
  • Then There Was One: The U.S.S. Enterprise and the first year of war (1944)

References
  1. "The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search". The Bulletin. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. "AP WAS THERE: 75 years ago, the AP reported on Pearl Harbor". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Associated Press.


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