Keyes Beech
Keyes Beech | |
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| Born | August 13, 1913 |
| Died | February 15, 1990 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | journalist |
Keyes Beech (August 13, 1913 – February 15, 1990) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best known for his reporting on World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.[1][2]
Biography
A native of
St. Petersburg Evening Independent. A year later, the journalist joined the Akron Beacon Journal.[3]
During World War II, Beech served in the United States Marine Corps in Asia as a combat correspondent. He was with the 2nd Marine Division at the Battle of Tarawa and was one of the first journalists at the top of Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[3]
At the end of
In 1979 Beech was working for the
In popular culture
Beech is played by John Benjamin Hickey in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers.
References
- ^ a b J. Cook (May 5, 2020). "Keyes Beech, 76, Correspondent In Asia for Five Decades, Is Dead". New York Times. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9783110849837.
- ^ ISBN 9781573561112.
- ^ George Garrigues, United Nations Newsletter, Wayne State University, June 1979, page 1
- ^ "In Jet-Age Xanadu, Well-Fed Delegates Ponder Plight of Poor," Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1979, image 60
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