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Military Briefing
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Military personnel at an early morning briefing at the First Corps headquarters in Korea. American journalist Cecil Brown is seated next to the officer in the first row who is wearing glasses and smoking a pipe. Martha Brown, who was accompanying her husband on this wartime assignment, is seated to that man's left.
November 1951
Brown, Cecil, 1907-1987
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Medical Evacuation
November 1951
A wounded Korean War soldier being carried on an airplane for evacuation to a military hospital in Japan. This snapshot was taken by journalist and news commentator Cecil Brown. Brown's papers are ...
Hong Kong Police
1951
Hong Kong police with jeep who followed journalist Cecil Brown as he traveled along the border with Communist China.
Fredric March
Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
Korean Student Uprising
April 1960
The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event was witnessed and photographed by journalist...
Brown and Telex
Journalist Cecil Brown reading communication being printed on a telex machine.
