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'''Lou Azrael''' was a journalist who spent most of his six decade career in Baltimore | '''Lou Azrael''' was a journalist who spent most of his six decade career in Baltimore, but who also served, notably, as a war correspondent, during World War II.<ref name=nytimes1981-12-22/> | ||
Secretary of War | Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson honored war correspondents, including Azrael, at an event in Washington, on November 23, 1946.<ref name=nytimes1946-11-23/> In 1949 he received the Medal of Freedom (1945)|Medal of Freedom from Dwight D. Eisenhower.<ref name=nytimes1981-12-22/> | ||
Azrael started working for his first newspaper, the ''Baltimore Sun | Azrael started working for his first newspaper, the ''Baltimore Sun'' in 1920, when he was sixteen.<ref name=nytimes1981-12-22/> During his career he worked for three other papers, the ''Baltimore News'', the ''Baltimore Daily Post'' and ''The News American''. | ||
He was embedded with the 29th Infantry Division (United States)|29th Infantry Division | He was embedded with the 29th Infantry Division (United States)|29th Infantry Division, and provided frontline reporting on its activities from the Invasion of Normandy, through the Battle of the Bulge, to Victory in Europe. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/22/obituaries/louis-azrael-77-a-journalist-in-baltimore-for-six-decades.html | | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/22/obituaries/louis-azrael-77-a-journalist-in-baltimore-for-six-decades.html | ||
| title = Louis Azrael, 77, a Journalist In Baltimore for Six Decades | | title = Louis Azrael, 77, a Journalist In Baltimore for Six Decades | ||
| work = The New York Times | | work = The New York Times | ||
| date = 1981-12-22 | | date = 1981-12-22 | ||
| page = 30 | | page = 30 | ||
| location = Baltimore, Maryland | | location = Baltimore, Maryland | ||
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| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1946/11/24/archives/task-of-occupation-declared-in-peril-patterson-at-dinner-honoring.html | | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1946/11/24/archives/task-of-occupation-declared-in-peril-patterson-at-dinner-honoring.html | ||
| title = TASK OF OCCUPATION DECLARED IN PERIL; Patterson at Dinner Honoring War Correspondents Says More Appropriations Are Needed | | title = TASK OF OCCUPATION DECLARED IN PERIL; Patterson at Dinner Honoring War Correspondents Says More Appropriations Are Needed | ||
| work = The New York Times | | work = The New York Times | ||
| date = 1946-11-23 | | date = 1946-11-23 | ||
| page = 28 | | page = 28 | ||
| location = Washington DC | | location = Washington DC | ||
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Lou Azrael was a journalist who spent most of his six decade career in Baltimore, but who also served, notably, as a war correspondent, during World War II.[1] Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson honored war correspondents, including Azrael, at an event in Washington, on November 23, 1946.[2] In 1949 he received the Medal of Freedom (1945)|Medal of Freedom from Dwight D. Eisenhower.[1] Azrael started working for his first newspaper, the Baltimore Sun in 1920, when he was sixteen.[1] During his career he worked for three other papers, the Baltimore News, the Baltimore Daily Post and The News American. He was embedded with the 29th Infantry Division (United States)|29th Infantry Division, and provided frontline reporting on its activities from the Invasion of Normandy, through the Battle of the Bulge, to Victory in Europe. References
Category:War correspondents |