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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]
Don Whitehead of Associated Press Share: Twitter Facebook Email 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.
Feb 6, 2018 · Donald Whitehead, 85, passed away at Stonecroft Health Campus on February 6, 2018. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1932, the son of Arthur and Olive Whitehead. For the last 51 years, he had made his home in Bloomington, Indiana.
Feb 14, 2016 · According to Don Whitehead, his legacy as the first African-American news radio broadcaster began not with a dream, but with a simple request - a request that Whitehead initially denied.
- The Newnan Times-Herald
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...
All total Don Whitehead made five amphibious landings with assault forces during World War II. He received his first Pulitzer Prize, for international reporting (1951), for his coverage of the early months of the Korean War - where he again experienced months of front line combat.
Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Don Whitehead is one of the legendary reporters of World War II. For the Associated Press he covered almost every important Allied invasion and campaign...
