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...David L. Halberstam ’55—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of over twenty books—was killed in a car crash south of San Francisco on April 23, 2004 while riding in the passenger seat to conduct an interview for his new book. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert J. Foucrault. He was 73. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
When David Halberstam and I teamed up in 1963 to cover the Vietnam War--he for the New York Times and I for United Press International--we were too young to have reputations that might help protect us if our work was challenged. The Saigon regime was weak and corrupt, its troops would not fight, and the American advisers we followed into combat confirmed that we were losing the war. Yet we found ourselves under assault from the commanding general and the ambassador, men who insisted that the U.S. and its Saigon ally were winning. They said we were spreading...
...MORE INFO: Please see an online extra of Halberstam's work at The Crimson...
...wrote very important news stories out of Vietnam showing some of the frustration and failures of military operations,” said George S. Abrams ’54, who served as managing editor of The Crimson the year before Halberstam...
From his experiences during the war, Halberstam wrote what is considered one of his greatest works, “The Best and the Brightest.” More than twenty books followed, with his most recent, “The Coldest Winter,” a book about the Korean war, due out this upcoming fall. Halberstam had just finished the last proofs of this book before yesterday’s car crash, according to his wife...