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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.
Jun 5, 2019 · OMAHA BEACH, Normandy (AP) — This story was first published on June 5, 1954 AP journalist Don Whitehead, known by his colleagues as “Beachhead Don,” returned to Normandy for the tenth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, which he covered when he followed the 1st Infantry Division onto Omaha Beach.
Don Whitehead won for national reporting, for a story on President-elect Eisenhower’s secret trips to Korea. John Hightower won for international reporting, for reporting of international affairs. Max Desfor won for photography, for a picture of Korean War refugees in flight over ruins of a Taedong River bridge.
Don Whitehead of Associated Press. Share:TwitterFacebookEmail. For his article called "The Great Deception," dealing with the intricate arrangements by which the safety of President-elect Eisenhower was guarded enroute from Morningside Heights in New York to Korea. Winning Work. December 5, 1952. The Great Deception.
Jan 14, 1981 · Don Whitehead, a war correspondent for The Associated Press who won two Pulitzer Prizes for international reporting for dispatches on the Korean War, died at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. on...
Jun 6, 2019 · Associated Press. 0:00. 1:37. WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE (AP) — This story was first published on June 8, 1944, after AP journalist Don Whitehead, who became known by his colleagues...
Jan 13, 1981 · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Reporter and author Don Whitehead, one of seven journalist ever to win two Pulitzer Prizes, died Monday of lung cancer. He was 72.
