Background
Driscoll, Joseph was born on January 5, 1902 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel Francis and Felicitas (Delaney) Driscoll.
Driscoll, Joseph was born on January 5, 1902 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Daniel Francis and Felicitas (Delaney) Driscoll.
Educated public and private schools.
Began on Saint Louis Times and Saint Louis Post-Dispatch. Joined New.York Herald Tribune 1930, covered Lindbergh Kidnaping case and trial of Hauptmann, chief correspondent in charge London office, 1935-1939, covered death of King George V, accession and abdication of King Edward VIII. coronation of King George VI, and the successive crises leading up to the Second World War. Chief Washington correspondent, 1939-1941, war correspondent traveling through many lands, with Halsey and Nimitz in Pacific, and Patton across Europe, 1941-1945.
Post Dispatch national correspondent since 1947.
Chairman Third Army War Correspondents.
Member American War Correspondents Association (first president).
Married Eleanor McNamara, December 27, 1930.