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Don Whitehead (April 8, 1908 in Inman, Virginia - January 12, 1981) was an American journalist. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom. He won the 1950 George Polk Award for wire service reporting. He was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and 1953 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. [1]
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Apr 8, 2021 · Apr 08, 2021. By the time the war in Europe wound to a close in 1945, Don Whitehead had acquired a nickname from his fellow correspondents. “Beachhead Don” was in part a play on his last name but mostly a gesture of respect for the Associated Press stalwart, who spent the better part of three years in the thick of the action around in the ...
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Don Whitehead was born Donald Lee Whitehead on October 3, 1925, in Evansville, Indiana to Gladys Vesta Barton Whitehead and Clifford Aleon Whitehead. Whitehead was a graduate of Bosse High School where he excelled in baseball, track, swimming, and basketball. On February 5, 1942, he scored all but 5 of Bosse’s points in a win over rival Reitz.
Whitehead was a combat reporter during World War II.He covered the Eighth Army (United Kingdom) in Egypt, for the AP in September 1942 and then the American Army in Algeria and Tunisia in 1943. He covered the Allied invasion of Sicily in Jul. Don Whitehead was an American journalist. Among his many awards were the Medal of Freedom, the 1950 ...
Don Whitehead - Artist Details. Active. 1970s
