Soldiers and Journalists
Soldiers
Lou Novotny
On December 28th, 1944 Lou Novotny came very close to enemy lines (American Experience). Novotny was on his way to tell the platoon on the right flank that everyone needed to set up their barbed wire around their defense positions when a heavy fog set in (American Experience). Novotny couldn't see much, but he kept walking anyway, until he thought he was getting close to the right flank, but little did he know that he was almost on enemy territory (American Experience). The only thing that stopped him was German voices, Novotny ended up only 20 yards from the German territory where a machine gun was set up (American Experience). If Novotny would have made any sound, he would have been a goner (American Experience). He was lucky to make it out alive.
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Ronald N. McArthur
January 11th, 1945 was a day that changed Ronald N. McArthur's life forever (American Experience). It had been a quiet day with little gunfire for McArthur and his crew until around four o'clock when a huge artillery barrage hit (American Experience). This barrage caused shrapnel to rain down from trees and branches to crash down too (American Experience). McArthur decided to grab some of those branches to provide cover for their hiding holes to keep out more shrapnel (American Experience). McArthur thought it was safe and that no one was around, but he was wrong (American Experience). McArthur ended up getting shot in the face when a left behind German sniper caught sight of him (American Experience). The bullet had entered McArthur's left cheek went and broke through the right cheek (American Experience). It took mostly all of his upper teeth and gum and it took a lot of his lower teeth and gum as well (American Experience). This injury sent McArthur back to the U.S. for good (American Experience).
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Journalists
Marguerite Higgins
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Edward R. Murrow
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Marguerite Higgins studied at Columbia University where she earned a degree in Journalism, from there she found a job for the New York Tribune (History of American Journalism). Her goal was to report about the war happening in Europe and she finally got to fulfill that goal in 1944 where she actually got to go to Europe (History of American Journalism). In Europe, she headed to France to report about the war there, but then she got the opportunity to actually go into Germany and the concentration camps to report about them (History of American Journalism). In the concentration camps she had to be escorted by German troops (History of American Journalism). Marguerite Higgins fulfilled her goal of reporting about the war and was successful at it too.
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Edward R. Murrow was a very well known reporter that made a huge impact on both the radio and the television (History of American Journalism). He had a way with his words that would create a grand image in your mind and that's what drew people in (History of American Journalism). In London is where Murrow did his radio news reports on World War II (History of American Journalism). In 1941 though, Murrow returned to the United States and became a celebrity (History of American Journalism). Murrow went on to become the vice president and director of public affairs for CBS (History of American Journalism).
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