Jean-Marie de Premonville
Member of the Resistance in France during World War II, he was sentenced to death, but just deported.
French war correspondent, Jean-Marie de Prémonville de Maisonthou covered the Korean War for the Agence France-Presse before being killed by machinegun fire while riding with a patrol on 12 February 1951 during the battle of Chipyong-ni.
He had initially been sent to replace AFP correspondent who had been killed earlier.[1]
He co-authored the book Return to Korea: Tales of Four War Correspondents on the Korean Front, published by in 1951, along with , and Henri de Turenne (writer).[2]
References[]
- ^ "Details for DE PREMONVILLE, JEAN MARIE". Archived from the original on 2004-12-22. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
- ^ "Microsoft Word - Histoire de la Corée.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
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