World War II Honoree

Walter Cronkite

Hometown

Saint Joseph, Missouri

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE BECAME ONE OF THE TOP AMERICAN REPORTERS IN WWII, COVERING BATTLES IN NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE. HE WAS ONE OF EIGHT JOURNALISTS SELECTED BY THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES TO FLY BOMBING RAIDS OVER GERMANY IN A B-17 FLYING FORTRESS. HE ALSO LANDED IN A GLIDER WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE IN OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN AND COVERED THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AFTER THE WAR, HE COVERED THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.