Career
He was one of the first reporters to reach the front lines, and the first to report on North Korean war crimes such as executing captured prisoners. Moore worked for The Oklahoman until 1937, when he was first hired by the Associated Press. After that he served as an Army Major in of Korea in 1946, until he once again returned to Associated Press in 1948 to cover the war. He was killed on either July 30 or July 31, 1950, after he advised tank commander Lieutenant Samuel R. Fowler to check out a platoon-sized group of approaching North Koreans in Masan, and the resulting firefight left both men among the dead.
