Background
Boyle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 24, 1911, the son of butcher Peter E. Boyle and his wife Margarit, an Irish immigrant farm girl.
Boyle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 24, 1911, the son of butcher Peter E. Boyle and his wife Margarit, an Irish immigrant farm girl.
During 30 years with the Associated Press Boyle wrote 7,680 columns. He is best known for his work as a war correspondent during World World War World War II He was consistently closer to the front lines in the European and Pacific theatres of operation than other correspondents. His column became a staple in over 700 newspapers.
He is also the namesake of a prize given annually to reporters by the Oversees Press Club of America, for the best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad.
Boyle began his newspaperwork as a copy boy in Kansas City"s Associated Press Bureau in 1928. After attending the Junior College of Kansas City (Now Metropolitan Community College), he studied journalism at the University of Missouri, graduating with distinction in 1932.
After working in the Associated Press"s Saint Louis bureau, he moved to New York in 1936. By the time the United States entered World World War II, Boyle had become an assistant city editor with the Associated Press.