Paul Manning (journalist)

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Paul Manning (died 1995) was an American broadcast journalist. He worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World War II as a correspondent for CBS Radio, and with the Mutual Broadcasting System later on in the war.^[1]

Biography

The Writing 69th

Manning flew at least one mission with the Eighth Air Force on Oct. 9, 1943.

In February 1943, eight American civilian and military journalists participated in a training program with the United States Eighth Air Force. The goal of the program was to prepare the men for high altitude bombing runs over Germany. In a week-long training course over the skies of Bovingdon, England the men learned how to adjust to high altitude, identify enemy planes, and parachute. They were trained how to shoot weapons as well, despite the rule against non-combatant firing weapons in combat.

The men of

As the group neared Oldenburg, Germany the plane Post was in came under fire from German fighter planes. The plane exploded in mid-air, killing Post and eight others. Post's death disbanded the Writing 69th, though others, including Manning, did fly missions afterward.

Speechwriter

After the war he worked as a speechwriter for Nelson Rockefeller.^{[citation needed]}

Author

Manning's Martin Bormann — Nazi in Exile was published in 1981. In 1986, his book, titled Hirohito, The War Years, was released. It detailed the relationship between Emperor Hirohito and General Douglas MacArthur.^[2][3]

Books

• Hirohito, The War Years,
  ISBN 9780553347951
• Martin Bormann — Nazi in Exile,
  ISBN 0-8184-0309-8 PDF

• Martin Bormann

References

Further reading

• The Writing 69th: Green Harbor Publications

External links

There are many recordings of Manning reporting for the Mutual Broadcasting System in the

• United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service miscellaneous records at the
• Hoover Institution Archives.
• Martin Bormann – Nazi in Exile by Paul Mannning | AnimalFarm.org | WaybackMachine

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