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'''Lou Azrael''' was a journalist who spent most of his six decade career in | '''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]] 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 '' | 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 | 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]]. | ||
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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 = | | work = The New York Times]] | ||
| date = 1981-12-22 | | date = 1981-12-22 | ||
| page = 30 | | page = 30 | ||
| location = | | 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 = | | work = The New York Times]] | ||
| date = 1946-11-23 | | date = 1946-11-23 | ||
| page = 28 | | page = 28 | ||
| location = | | 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
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