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Watson, Mark Skinner

Date of birth:
June 24th, 1887 (Plattsburgh/New York, United States)
Date of death:
March 25th, 1966 (Baltimore/Maryland, United States)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
The Baltimore Sun
Awarded on:
1945
"For his distinguished reporting during the year 1944 from Washington, London and the fronts in Sicily, Italy, and France."
The Pulitzer Prize
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1963
"Soldier in the First World War and correspondent in the Second, he has given the American people informed, wide-ranging and independent coverage of the Nation's security and defense."
Presidential Medal of Freedom

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