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Allen, Laurence Edmund was born on October 19, 1908 in Mount Savage, Maryland, United States. Son of Laurence Bernard and Mary Caroline (Crowe) Allen.
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Laurence Edmund Allen
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Laurence Edmund Allen, American reporter. Recipient Bronze Star for defending freedom press as prisoner of war, 1945; Croix de Guerre French High Command, Indo China, frontline reporting, November 1952. Received first award National Headliners Club, 1941, for best news-reporting in covering British Fleet operations; awarded Pulitzer prize for reporting on international affairs, May 5, 1942; Order of British Empire by King George VI, 1947.
Education
Student schools several states, graduated from the high school.
Career
Began with Baltimore News, 1926, later with Washington Herald and Huntington (West Virginia) Evening Herald. Reporter, telegraph editor Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail, 1927-1933. With Associated Press, 1933-1960, as reporter and state editor Charleston bureau, 1933-1935, reporter Washington bureau, 1935-1937, foreign cables desk, New York City, 1937-1938, European war correspondent, 1938-1944, correspondent Poland, 1945, 47, 49, chief of bureau, Moscow, 1949, Tel Aviv, 1950, war correspondent, South.E. Asia, Singapore, 1951, French Union and Vietminh Indochina, 1951-1955, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, 1956, Caribbean area, 1957-1961.
Organized American Press Service specializing Latin American, since 1960.
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Married Helen Fazakerley Quisenberry.
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Republican
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Recipient Bronze Star for defending freedom press as prisoner of war, 1945. Croix de Guerre French High Command, Indo China, frontline reporting, November 1952. Received first award National Headliners Club, 1941, for best news-reporting in covering British Fleet operations.tempSpaceAwarded Pulitzer prize for reporting on international affairs, May 5, 1942. Order of British Empire by King George VI, 1947.Recipient Bronze Star for defending freedom press as prisoner of war, 1945. Croix de Guerre French High Command, Indo China, frontline reporting, November 1952. Received first award National Headliners Club, 1941, for best news-reporting in covering British Fleet operations.tempSpaceAwarded Pulitzer prize for reporting on international affairs, May 5, 1942.
Order of British Empire by King George VI, 1947.