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Don Whitehead
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Don Whitehead

Original Name
Donald Ford
Birth
Inman, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jan 1981 (aged 72)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Cenotaph
Keith, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
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Body donated to the University of Tennessee Medical School at Memphis
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Journalist. As a World War II correspondent he was nicknamed "Beachhead Don" because he covered so many Allied landings, including Omaha Beach on D-Day. He won Pulitzer Prizes for international reporting in 1951 and 1952. Whitehead also wrote five non-fiction books, including the bestselling "The F.B.I. Story" (1956). It was made into a Hollywood film in 1959.
Journalist. As a World War II correspondent he was nicknamed "Beachhead Don" because he covered so many Allied landings, including Omaha Beach on D-Day. He won Pulitzer Prizes for international reporting in 1951 and 1952. Whitehead also wrote five non-fiction books, including the bestselling "The F.B.I. Story" (1956). It was made into a Hollywood film in 1959.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Jul 22, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6628061/don-whitehead: accessed ), memorial page for Don Whitehead (8 Apr 1908–12 Jan 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6628061, citing Resthaven Cemetery, Keith, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.