Larry LeSueur
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| Born | Larry LeSueur June 10, 1909 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 5, 2003 (aged 93) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Laurence Edward LeSueur (June 10, 1909 – February 5, 2003) was an American journalist and a war correspondent during World War II. He worked closely with Edward R. Murrow and was one of the original Murrow Boys.
Early life
LeSueur was born on June 10, 1909, in
Career
LeSueur began studies at
In 1939, LeSueur traveled to England, where he approached
LeSueur covered
On D-Day, LeSueur landed with American troops on Utah Beach. He went ashore with the American 4th Infantry Division (United States), but his cables from June 6 were lost by Navy couriers en route to London.[5] It took a week until his broadcasts from the first day of Normandy could be heard by US listeners.[2]
Twelve days later, on the June 18 edition of CBS World News Today, LeSueur gave his account of landing at Normandy and witnessing the Allied bombings across the beaches, the surrenders of Nazi soldiers, and his eventual arrival to the skirmish in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont just hours after the landings.[7]
He was awarded the Medal of Freedom for his reporting on World War II.[8] LeSueur also penned a book in 1943, Twelve Months That Changed the World, about important Eastern Front battles he covered in 1941 and 1942 for CBS.[2]
After the war ended LeSueur became CBS's
LeSueur left CBS and joined Voice of America (VOA) in 1963.[5] LeSueur was considered the "forgotten" Murrow's Boy.[2] At the time, VOA was an agency of the United States Information Agency, then headed by Murrow.[3] As a reporter at VOA, he was the White House correspondent until he retired in 1984.[2][3]
Personal life
LeSueur was married three times.[5][6] The first two marriages, to Joan Phelps and Priscilla Bruce, ended in divorce,[5] but his final marriage, to Dorothy Hawkins, lasted for 46 years until his death.[5][6] He also had two daughters, one with Hawkins and another with Bruce.[5]
Death
He died at 93 on February 5, 2003, at his home in
Awards and honors
- French Legion of Honor
- French Liberation Medal
- Medal of Freedom
- Peabody Award: 1948 – Institutional Award for Outstanding Programming in the Promotion of International Understanding.[9][10]
- Peabody Award: 1949 – Television News Award as moderator of United Nations in Action.[5][11]
Selected publications
- Twelve Months That Changed the World (1943)[8]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0231044038).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Woo, Elaine. "Larry LeSueur/'Murrow Boy' former war correspondent", (obituary), Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "02-06-2003: CBS Newsman Larry LeSueur One of Murrow's Boys Dies at the Age of 93[permanent dead link]", (Press release), CBS, February 6, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0195076788).
- ^ Goldstein, Richard., "Larry LeSueur, Pioneering War Correspondent, Dies at 93", (obituary), The New York Times, February 7, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Variety Staff. "Larry LeSueur:Peabody-winning radio pioneer journalist", (obituary), Variety, February 6, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ LeSueur, Larry (18 June 1944). "CBS World News Today, June 18, 1944". CBS Radio News. Archived from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ a b c de Vries, Lloyd. "CBS News Pioneer LeSueur Dies", (obituary), CBS News, February 11, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- ^ The Peabody Awards, official site, accessed June 22, 2011.
- ^ The Peabody Awards, official site, pp. 10-11, accessed June 22, 2011.
- ^ a b "United Nations in Action Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine", Peabody Awards, official site, accessed June 21, 2011.
Further reading
- Bernstein, Mark. World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation, (Google Books link), ISBN 1402202474).
- Harper's, Vol. 187, No. 1120, September 1943, accessed June 22, 2011.
- Graebner, Walter. "Russia Stands Firm; TWELVE MONTHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. By Larry Lesueur. 345 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $3", (Book review) (NYT Paywall, Google Books). The New York Times, July 25, 1943, accessed June 21, 2011.
- LeSueur, Larry. Twelve Months That Changed the World, (Google Books link), A.A. Knopf, 1943.
External links
- August, Melissa, et al. "Milestones Feb. 17, 2003", (includes LeSueur obituary), Time Magazine, February 17, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
- Guide to the Larry LeSueur papers, 1935-2003, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University.
- LeSueur, Larry. "Big Ben Bombed", (Radio broadcast), May 11, 1941, via Musser, Rick. University of Kansas, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, accessed June 21, 2011.
- LeSueur, Larry. "Suicide Job Of The 1942 War", (Radio broadcast), May 16, 1942, via Musser, Rick. University of Kansas, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, accessed June 21, 2011.
- LeSueur, Larry. "Paris Not Yet Free", (Radio broadcast), August 24, 1944, via Musser, Rick. University of Kansas, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, accessed June 21, 2011.
- "War Reporter LeSueur Dies", (Audio), NPR, February 6, 2003, accessed June 21, 2011.
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