Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A. J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle
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Author: Timothy Gay, PhD
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 508
THEIR WORK ON THE FRONT LINES MADE HEADLINES In February 1943, a group of journalists including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the "New York Herald" "Tribune," asked Cronkite if he d thought through a lede. I think I m going to say, mused Cronkite, that I ve just returned from an assignment to hell. During his esteemed career Walter Cronkite issued millions of words for public consumption, but he never wrote or uttered a truer phrase. "Assignment to Hell" tells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. Crisscrossing battlefields, they formed a journalistic band of brothers, repeatedly placing themselves in harm s way to bring the war home for anxious American readers. Cronkite crashed into Holland on a glider with U.S. paratroopers. Rooney dodged mortar shells as he raced across the Rhine at Remagen. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in disaster. "The New Yorker" s A. J. Liebling ducked sniper fire as Allied troops liberated his beloved Paris. The Associated Press s Hal Boyle barely escaped SS storm troopers as he uncovered the massacre of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. "Assignment to Hell" is a stirring tribute to five of World War II s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism their generation s assignment to hell. "
Author: Timothy Gay, PhD
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 508
THEIR WORK ON THE FRONT LINES MADE HEADLINES In February 1943, a group of journalists including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the "New York Herald" "Tribune," asked Cronkite if he d thought through a lede. I think I m going to say, mused Cronkite, that I ve just returned from an assignment to hell. During his esteemed career Walter Cronkite issued millions of words for public consumption, but he never wrote or uttered a truer phrase. "Assignment to Hell" tells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. Crisscrossing battlefields, they formed a journalistic band of brothers, repeatedly placing themselves in harm s way to bring the war home for anxious American readers. Cronkite crashed into Holland on a glider with U.S. paratroopers. Rooney dodged mortar shells as he raced across the Rhine at Remagen. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in disaster. "The New Yorker" s A. J. Liebling ducked sniper fire as Allied troops liberated his beloved Paris. The Associated Press s Hal Boyle barely escaped SS storm troopers as he uncovered the massacre of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. "Assignment to Hell" is a stirring tribute to five of World War II s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism their generation s assignment to hell. "
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Timothy Gay, PhD
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 508
THEIR WORK ON THE FRONT LINES MADE HEADLINES In February 1943, a group of journalists including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the "New York Herald" "Tribune," asked Cronkite if he d thought through a lede. I think I m going to say, mused Cronkite, that I ve just returned from an assignment to hell. During his esteemed career Walter Cronkite issued millions of words for public consumption, but he never wrote or uttered a truer phrase. "Assignment to Hell" tells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. Crisscrossing battlefields, they formed a journalistic band of brothers, repeatedly placing themselves in harm s way to bring the war home for anxious American readers. Cronkite crashed into Holland on a glider with U.S. paratroopers. Rooney dodged mortar shells as he raced across the Rhine at Remagen. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in disaster. "The New Yorker" s A. J. Liebling ducked sniper fire as Allied troops liberated his beloved Paris. The Associated Press s Hal Boyle barely escaped SS storm troopers as he uncovered the massacre of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. "Assignment to Hell" is a stirring tribute to five of World War II s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism their generation s assignment to hell. "
Author: Timothy Gay, PhD
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 508
THEIR WORK ON THE FRONT LINES MADE HEADLINES In February 1943, a group of journalists including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the "New York Herald" "Tribune," asked Cronkite if he d thought through a lede. I think I m going to say, mused Cronkite, that I ve just returned from an assignment to hell. During his esteemed career Walter Cronkite issued millions of words for public consumption, but he never wrote or uttered a truer phrase. "Assignment to Hell" tells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. Crisscrossing battlefields, they formed a journalistic band of brothers, repeatedly placing themselves in harm s way to bring the war home for anxious American readers. Cronkite crashed into Holland on a glider with U.S. paratroopers. Rooney dodged mortar shells as he raced across the Rhine at Remagen. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in disaster. "The New Yorker" s A. J. Liebling ducked sniper fire as Allied troops liberated his beloved Paris. The Associated Press s Hal Boyle barely escaped SS storm troopers as he uncovered the massacre of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. "Assignment to Hell" is a stirring tribute to five of World War II s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism their generation s assignment to hell. "
Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A. J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle