Jack Thompson of the Chicago Tribune parachuted into Algeria and Sicily, went ashore on Omaha Beach 90 minutes after H-Hour, and was present for the U.S. linkup with the Russians at the Elbe.
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On Aug. 15, 1944, U.S. troops followed by French forces landed on the Riviera, a move met by little German resistance despite clear signs an invasion was imminent.
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On June 4, 1944, Allied troops liberated Rome. Correspondents who had covered the brutal slog through Italy reveled in the moment.
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The decision to destroy a centuries-old monastery on an Italian hilltop remains controversial to this day, but soldiers on the ground had no qualms with the bombing.
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In two incidents a week apart in August 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped soldiers in field hospitals in Sicily. Though war correspondents knew about at least one incident almost immediately, they chose not to report it and the news didn’t become public until three months later.
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On July 2, 1943, Lt. Charles B. Hall became the first Tuskegee Airman to record a combat victory, an achievement that made him an instant star in the Black press.
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Audie Murphy became perhaps the most famous American foot soldier of World War II, but the press didn’t catch on to his story until he was done fighting.
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From the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen to the liberation of Paris, Ollie Stewart spanned the Mediterranean and European theaters as a correspondent for Baltimore’s Afro-American newspaper.
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The Chicago Tribune ran one photograph on the front page of its July 12, 1943 edition, a day after the Trib and newspapers worldwide had first reported on the Allied landings in Sicily. The picture in question was a one-column cutout of Tribune war correspondent John Hall “Jack” Thompson, dressed in paratrooper gear. The headline above it read “Sky Writer”.
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