Lou Azrael

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Lou Azrael
Born
Louis Azrael

1904
DiedDecember 22, 1981(1981-12-22) (aged 76–77)
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Occupationjournalist
Known forWas awarded the Medal of Freedom for his war reporting

Lou Azrael (1904-1981) was a journalist who spent most of his six decade career in Baltimore, but who also served, notably, as a war correspondent, during World War II. [1]

Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson honored war correspondents, including Azrael, at an event in Washington, on November 23, 1946. [2] In 1949 he received the Medal of Freedom from Dwight D. Eisenhower. [1]

Azrael started working for his first newspaper, the Baltimore Sun in 1920, when he was sixteen. [1] During his career he worked for three other papers, the Baltimore News , the Baltimore Daily Post and The News American .

He was embedded with the 29th Infantry Division, and provided frontline reporting on its activities from the Invasion of Normandy, through the Battle of the Bulge, to Victory in Europe.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Louis Azrael, 77, a Journalist In Baltimore for Six Decades". The New York Times . Baltimore, Maryland. 1981-12-22. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-11-26. In 1949, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower pinned on Azreel the Medal of Freedom for his work covering the War in Europe.
  2. "TASK OF OCCUPATION DECLARED IN PERIL; Patterson at Dinner Honoring War Correspondents Says More Appropriations Are Needed". The New York Times . Washington DC. 1946-11-23. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-11-26.