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War Correspondent Floyd Gibbons Signature

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War Correspondent Floyd Gibbons Signature
<B>War Correspondent Floyd Gibbons Signature</B></I> clipped with a brief biographical sketch. Gibbons (1887-1939) was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. He became well-known for covering the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916, and for reporting on the 1917 torpedoing of the British ship <I>Laconia,</B></I> on which he was a passenger. As a war correspondent in France, Gibbons lost an eye after being hit by German gunfire while attempting to rescue an American soldier. Gibbons was given the Croix de Guerre with Palm, for his valor on the field of battle. In the 1920s and 1930s, Gibbons was widely known as a radio commentator and narrator of newsreels, for which he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Very fine<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)