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
Hal Boyle, Associated Press
Sam Brewer, Chicago Tribune[6]
Christopher Buckley, The Daily Telegraph[7][8]
Norman Clark, News Chronicle[9]
Alexander Clifford, Daily Mail
Edward Harry Crockett, Associated Press[10]
Walter Cronkite, United Press
Arch Curry, New Zealand Broadcasting Service and BBC[11]
Daniel De Luce, Associated Press[12][13]
Richard Dimbleby, BBC
David Divine, The 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]
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[20]
Ernest Hemingway, Colliers
Bruce Hewitt, New Zealand Press Association[21]
Russell Hill, New York Herald Tribune[22]

Geoffrey Hoare, The Times[23]
Clare Hollingworth, Daily Express, Chicago Daily News[23]
Alaric Jacob, Daily Express
Denis Johnston, BBC[24]
Philip Jordan, News Chronicle[25][26]
Ed Kennedy, Associated Press
George Lait, International News Service[27]
Ronald Legge, The Daily Telegraph
Alexander Gault MacGowan, The Sun (New York)
John MacVane, NBC
Denis Martin, Daily Herald[28]
Frank Martin, Associated Press[29]
Richard McMillan, United Press[30]
Bill Mauldin, Cartoonist, Stars and Stripes
Drew Middleton, The New York Times[31]
Ronald Monson, Daily Express and Australian newspapers[32]
Alan Moorehead, Daily Express
Allen Morrison, first Black reporter in WWII for Stars and Stripes
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
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[36]
Bill Stoneman, Chicago Daily News
Bill Stringer, Reuters News
John Sutherland, South African Press Association[37]
Jack Thompson, Chicago Tribune
George Tucker, Associated Press[38]
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, BBC
Ralph Walling, Reuters
Alan Whicker, British Army's Film and Photo Unit
Don Whitehead, Associated Press[39]
Eric Lloyd Williams, Reuters/South African Press Association[40]
Chester Wilmott, BBC and ABC
Harry Zinder, TIME[41]

References

Unpublished war journal, Eric Lloyd Williams
"Eric Lloyd Williams". Cape Times. February 12, 1944.
"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.
"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.
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. Bonnier Corporation. 144 (4): 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. lloyd williams whitehead.
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.

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[1] Unpublished war journal, Eric Lloyd Williams

[2] "Eric Lloyd Williams". Cape Times. February 12, 1944.

[3] "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.

[4] "Jack Belden, Journalist, 79". The New York Times. New York. June 6, 1989. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[5] "Reporter Homer Bigart, famed war correspondent". Pittsburgh Press. April 17, 1991. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[6] "Photograph of Sam Brewer". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011.

[7] 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.

[8] "Details for Buckley, Christopher". The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial. Archived from the original on October 28, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

[9] "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.

[10] 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.

[11] "BBC news bulletin. 1941-12-14, Libya report from Arch Curry". www.ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-09-23.

[12] "The Pulitzer Prizes: Telegraphic Reporting (International)". pulitzer.org. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[13] "Daniel De Luce obituary". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 31, 2002. p. 9B. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[14] David Divine obituary, The Times, 2 May 1987

[15] "Robert Dunnett, a BBC Radio broadcaster covering the D-Day invasions". Getty Images. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[16] Abilene Reporter-News (9 April 1943), p. 14; The Spectator (10 December 1943), p. 8.

[17] "Soldier of the Press: Covering the Front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943". Amazon.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[18] "Army & Navy - HIGH COMMAND: Hero on Ice". TIME. August 3, 1942. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010.

[19] "Harold Guard (Author of The Pacific War Uncensored)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

[20] Ramsay, Alan (April 26, 2008). "Mighty Moments In The Fray Filled Nation With Pride". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[21] "Distinguished journalist Hewitt dies". The Revolt and The Revolting. October 18, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[22] 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.

[Hollingworth-23] Addley, Esther (January 17, 2004). ""A foreign affair": Clare Hollingworth". The Guardian. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[24] Reference to Denis Johnston's autobiography Archived September 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[25] 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.

[26] "Battle of Africa: Full Measure of Blood". TIME. February 15, 1943. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[27] Lait, George (December 2, 1941). "Saviours of Britain". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[28] Settel, Arthur (1950). This is Germany. Sloane. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-8369-2427-5. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[29] 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.

[30] "Richard McMillan reporting from North Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

[31] 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.

[32] "Australian war correspondents Ronald Monson and D. Brass, Sicily, 1943". plus.google.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[33] "Radio: Voice from Cairo". TIME. August 24, 1942. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[34] "William Munday news story, December 22, 1942". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

[35] O'Reilly, John (Tex) (April 1944). "My Beat was the Battlefield". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. 144 (4): 62–65. ISSN 0161-7370. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[36] "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.

[37] "South Africans Tour District". The Pittsburgh Press. August 16, 1944. p. 26. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[38] 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.

[39] "Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary And Memoirs by John B. Romeiser". allbookstores.com. 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

[40] 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. lloyd williams whitehead.

[41] 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.