Lou Azrael

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. 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]]. Secretary of War]] Robert P. Patterson]] honored war correspondents, including Azrael, at an event in Washington, on November 23, 1946. In 1949 he received the Medal of Freedom (1945)|Medal of Freedom]] from Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Azrael started working for his first newspaper, the Baltimore Sun]] in 1920, when he was sixteen. 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]]