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Author:

Gay, Timothy M.

Title:

Assignment to Hell : the war against Nazi Germany with correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle / Timothy M. Gay.

Publisher:

New American Library,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xiv, 508 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Press coverage--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Journalists--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
War correspondents--United States--Biography.
Cronkite, Walter.
Rooney, Andrew A.
Liebling, A. J.--(Abbott Joseph),--1904-1963.
Bigart, Homer,--b. 1907.
Boyle, Hal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Describes the lives and dangers faced by five war correspondents who reported from the line of fire during World War II to provide content for the newspapers and magazines back home.

ISBN:

0451236882
9780451236883

OCLC:

(OCoLC)741538552

LCCN:

2011049869

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)