Word: halberstam
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...seized the opportunity to report on conflict in the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), which was granted independence from Belgium in 1960 and quickly devolved into civil war. At the time, Halberstam says that the Times didn’t have many reporters who were willing to take that risk, but as a “young, single, and extremely ambitious” reporter, he was more than willing...
...Halberstam arrived in the Congo. It was one of the first trips overseas he had ever taken, and it provided a new depth of learning experience...
...Halberstam says that had to learn to handle the frightening prospect of covering combat, and he remembers wondering if the risk was worth...
After gaining valuable experience covering combat in the Congo, Halberstam requested a transfer to Saigon...
...Times approved his request, and in 1962 Halberstam became one of the first full-time Western newspaper journalists working in the country...