List of World War II war correspondents (1942–43) explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Unpublished war journal, Eric Lloyd Williams
2. News: . February 12, 1944 . Eric Lloyd Williams .
3. Web site: 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 . May 24, 2015.
4. News: Jack Belden, Journalist, 79 . . June 6, 1989 . . 0362-4331 . May 24, 2015.
5. News: Reporter Homer Bigart, famed war correspondent . Pittsburgh Press . April 17, 1991 . May 24, 2015.
6. Web site: Photograph of Sam Brewer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610202346/http://www.life.com/image/50367561 . June 10, 2011 .
7. News: Alan Whicker interview: a journey of a lifetime . Christopher . Howse . . March 16, 2009 . . 0307-1235 . 49632006 . May 24, 2015.
8. Web site: Details for Buckley, Christopher . The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial . August 16, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041028031012/http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=719 . October 28, 2004 . dead . mdy-all .
9. Web site: Norman Clark: war correspondent and foreign editor for the News Chronicle . Press Gazette . August 25, 2004 . May 24, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154722/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/28908 . May 24, 2015 .
10. Book: David Halberstam . Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else . May 24, 2015 . May 10, 2007 . Princeton Architectural Press . 978-1-56898-689-0 . 226.
11. Web site: BBC news bulletin. 1941-12-14, Libya report from Arch Curry. . 2023-09-23 . www.ngataonga.org.nz . en-NZ.
12. Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes: Telegraphic Reporting (International) . pulitzer.org . 2015 . May 24, 2015.
13. News: Daniel De Luce obituary . . January 31, 2002 . 9B . May 24, 2015.
14. David Divine obituary, The Times, 2 May 1987
15. Web site: Robert Dunnett, a BBC Radio broadcaster covering the D-Day invasions . Getty Images . 2015 . May 24, 2015.
16. Abilene Reporter-News (9 April 1943), p. 14; The Spectator (10 December 1943), p. 8.
17. Web site: Soldier of the Press: Covering the Front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943 . Amazon.com . 2015 . May 24, 2015.
18. News: Army & Navy - HIGH COMMAND: Hero on Ice . https://web.archive.org/web/20100625161238/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,773343,00.html . dead . June 25, 2010 . . August 3, 1942.
19. Web site: Harold Guard (Author of The Pacific War Uncensored) . Goodreads.com . April 25, 2015.
20. News: Mighty Moments In The Fray Filled Nation With Pride . Alan . Ramsay . . April 26, 2008 . May 24, 2015.
21. Web site: Distinguished journalist Hewitt dies . The Revolt and The Revolting . October 18, 2005 . May 24, 2015.
22. Book: Riess, Curt . They Were There: The Story of World War II and how it came about . May 24, 2015 . 1971 . Books for Libraries Press . 978-0-8369-2029-1 . 637.
23. Web site: "A foreign affair": Clare Hollingworth . Esther . Addley . . January 17, 2004 . May 24, 2015.
24. http://www.answers.com/topic/nine-rivers-from-jordan Reference to Denis Johnston's autobiography
25. 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..
26. Battle of Africa: Full Measure of Blood . . February 15, 1943 . May 24, 2015.
27. News: George . Lait . Saviours of Britain . St. Petersburg Times . December 2, 1941 . May 24, 2015.
28. Book: Settel, Arthur . This is Germany . 1950 . Sloane . 978-0-8369-2427-5. 422 . May 24, 2015.
29. News: Frank . Martin . Axis Air Force enters battle; Fighting rages in Casablanca, Algiers taken, Oran encircled . Ellensburg Daily Record . November 9, 1942 . 1 . May 24, 2015.
30. Web site: Richard McMillan reporting from North Africa . 2010-02-28 . 2012-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016185543/http://www.mediafire.com/?kaoge4mfytx . dead .
31. News: Drew Middleton of The Times Dies at 76 . Eric . Pace . . January 12, 1990 . . 0362-4331 . May 24, 2015.
32. Web site: Australian war correspondents Ronald Monson and D. Brass, Sicily, 1943 . plus.google.com . 2015 . May 24, 2015.
33. Radio: Voice from Cairo . TIME . August 24, 1942 . May 24, 2015.
34. Web site: William Munday news story, December 22, 1942 . February 28, 2010 . October 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016185543/http://www.mediafire.com/?kaoge4mfytx . dead .
35. My Beat was the Battlefield . John (Tex) . O'Reilly . Popular Science . 144 . 4 . April 1944 . Bonnier Corporation . 62–65 . 0161-7370 . May 24, 2015.
36. News: Edmund Stevens, 81, a Reporter In Moscow for 40 Years, Is Dead . . May 27, 1992 . . 0362-4331 . May 24, 2015.
37. News: South Africans Tour District . . 26 . August 16, 1944 . May 24, 2015.
38. News: Summary of War in North Africa emphasizes its see-saw nature . . George . Tucker . 14 . November 9, 1942 . May 24, 2015.
39. Web site: Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary And Memoirs by John B. Romeiser . allbookstores.com . 2015 . May 24, 2015.
40. Book: Whitehead . Don . Romeiser . John Beals . Combat Reporter: Don Whitehead's World War II Diary and Memoirs . registration . lloyd williams whitehead. . 2006 . Fordham University Press . 978-0-8232-2675-7. 4 . May 24, 2015.
41. Harry . Zinder . Wavell: The hero of North Africa believes that a good general takes a gambler's chance to win "victory by a knockout" . . March 3, 1941 . . 63–73 . 0024-3019.