war correspondents

At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of more than 2,000 refugees, including novelist Heinrich Mann and artist Marc Chagall. He remained in France for over a year until he was forcibly evicted.

Philip Caputo chronicles his experiences as a war correspondent, describing his dangerous encounters with the Chicago Mafia, Islamist extremists, Beirut snipers, and Middle Eastern terrorists.

Describes the work of women war correspondents who covered all theaters of World War II from its beginnings in the 1930s to the surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945.

Discusses the role of reporters during war time, including the risks they take and the censorship they face, and how their jobs have changed with each conflict since the Civil War.

A collection of reports from foreign correspondents during World War II, such as Walter Cronkite and Ernie Pyle, covering events from the Normandy invasion on D-Day and the bombing of Hiroshima to the Nuremberg trials.

Text, period photographs, and news clippings tell the stories of the female journalists who fought to cover World War II and report from the front lines.

Biography of journalist Ernie Pyle, who became a celebrity for his reporting in World War II, providing a voice for the soldiers in Europe and the Pacific, and dying in the trenches on Ie Shima in 1945 shortly before the end of the war.