WW2: War Reporters in the Pacific Theatre
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The Us. Navy Has Advanced Warning of the Battle of the Coral Sea
Stanley johnson is a particularly interesting figure. He becomes the kay chicago tribune reporter in hawaii in 19 forty two after pearl harbor, and witnesses the battle of the coral sea. As he's making the long journey back to california, he still remains controversially exactly how he comes across the information. The us. Navy would quite like to invoke the espionage act and prosecute stanley johnston and his newspaper. But what they try and do instead is point out that actually, johnson had spent time covering the battle of britain.
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