Following the Front: The Dispatches of World War II Correspondent Sidney A. Olson
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Following the Front is a compilation of WWII dispatches written by Sidney A. Olson for TIME and LIFE magazines, 1944-1945.
Olson, who joined Time Inc. in 1939 and served as a senior editor there, asked to be assigned overseas as a war correspondent. In mid-December, 1944, he received his accreditation from the War Department and sailed for London.
Attached to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Olson followed the Allied Forces as they pushed the Nazis back into Germany. He typed up his reports and cabled them to his editors in New York.
Following the front meant being on the move constantly. In late January, Olson made his way to Paris, flew to Brussels, then drove to the battlefront in Holland. From that time forward, he never really stopped moving. He would race ahead and circle back, hopping from one military division to the next, gradually making his way across Germany and into Austria. His dispatches illustrate—line by line, battle by battle—the extraordinary Allied effort to defeat Hitler.
Olson, who joined Time Inc. in 1939 and served as a senior editor there, asked to be assigned overseas as a war correspondent. In mid-December, 1944, he received his accreditation from the War Department and sailed for London.
Attached to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Olson followed the Allied Forces as they pushed the Nazis back into Germany. He typed up his reports and cabled them to his editors in New York.
Following the front meant being on the move constantly. In late January, Olson made his way to Paris, flew to Brussels, then drove to the battlefront in Holland. From that time forward, he never really stopped moving. He would race ahead and circle back, hopping from one military division to the next, gradually making his way across Germany and into Austria. His dispatches illustrate—line by line, battle by battle—the extraordinary Allied effort to defeat Hitler.
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Attached to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Olson followed the Allied Forces as they pushed the Nazis back into Germany. He typed up his reports and cabled them to his editors in New York.
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Olson, who joined Time Inc. in 1939 and served as a senior editor there, asked to be assigned overseas as a war correspondent. In mid-December, 1944, he received his accreditation from the War Department and sailed for London.
Attached to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Olson followed the Allied Forces as they pushed the Nazis back into Germany. He typed up his reports and cabled them to his editors in New York.
Following the front meant being on the move constantly. In late January, Olson made his way to Paris, flew to Brussels, then drove to the battlefront in Holland. From that time forward, he never really stopped moving. He would race ahead and circle back, hopping from one military division to the next, gradually making his way across Germany and into Austria. His dispatches illustrate—line by line, battle by... - sortTitle
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I. Pre-War
May 20, 1939 Letter to Zembra
April 30, 1944 Olson Diary
May 6, 1944 Memo to Time Editors
Sept./Oct. 1944 Letter to Luce
Nov. 28, 1944 Telegram to Graebner & Wertenbaker
II. Wartime
1. A New Dark Age
Dec. 18 - 27, 1944 Olson Diary
Dec. 27, 1944 Letter to Zembra
Dec. 27, 1944 Letter to Luce
Dec. 28-29, 1944 Olson Diary
Jan. 2 - 5, 1945 Olson Diary
Jan. 8, 1945 Letter to Luce
Jan. 8, 1945 Letter to Zembra
Jan. 10 - 11, 1945 Olson Diary
Jan. 12, 1945 Letter to Zembra
Jan. 13, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
Jan. 16, 1945 Telegram from Luce
Jan. 17, 1945 Letter to Luce
Jan. 18, 1945 Cable 2539
2. The Dragon's Teeth
Jan. 27, 1945 Facility Visit, Adv Cdn Press Camp
Jan. 28, 1945 Sittard notes
Feb. 4, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
Feb. 5, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
Feb. 5, 1945 Letter to Zembra
Feb. 7, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
Feb. 8, 1945 (sent Feb. 28) Cable [unnumbered]
Feb. 10, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
Feb. 10, 1945 Letter to Zembra
Feb. 12, 1945 Cable 20
Feb. 17, 1945 Cable 21
Feb. 17, 1945 Cable 22
Feb. 24, 1945 Cable 24
Feb. 25, 1945 Cable 25
Feb. 26, 1945 Cable 26
Feb. 28, 1945 Cable 27
3. The Germans Are Beckoning Us On
March 2, 1945 Cable 28
March 2, 1945 Telegram from Luce
March 3, 1945 Cable 29 [I]
March 4, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
March 5, 1945 Letter to Zembra
March 6, 1945 Cable 29 [II]
March 7, 1945 Cable 30
March 10, 1945 Cable 31
March 11 - 17, 1945 Olson Diary
March 17, 1945 Cable 32
March 18 - 24, 1945 Olson Diary
March 24, 1945 Travel Orders
March 24, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
March 25, 1945 Letter to Zembra
March 25 - 29, 1945 Olson Diary
March 29, 1945 Quirk Letter
March 29, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
March 29, 1945 Cable 34
March 29, 1945 Cable 35
Late March, 1945 Time Magazine excerpt
March 30 - 31, 1945 Olson Diary
4. A Violent Contrast
April 1, 1945 Cable 37
April 1 - 4, 1945 Olson Diary
April 4, 1945 Cable 38
April 5, 1945 Olson Diary
April 5, 1945 Cable 36
April 5, 1945 Letter to Zembra
April 6, 1945 Cable 39
April 6, 1945 Cable 40
April 6 - 8, 1945 Olson Diary
April 8, 1945 Cable 41
April 9, 1945 Cable [unnumbered, a.]
April 9, 1945 Cable [unnumbered, b.]
April 9 - 11, 1945 Olson Diary
April 11, 1945 Cable 42
April 11, 1945 Cable 43
April 12 - 13, 1945 Olson Diary
April 13, 1945 Cable 44
April 13, 1945 Cable 45
April 14, 1945 Olson Diary
April 15?, 1945 Letter to Zembra
5. The Last Days
April 15 - 26, 1945 Olson Diary
April 26, 1945 Cable 46
April 27 - 29 Olson Diary
April 30, 1945 Cable 47
April 30, 1945 Cable 48
April 30 - May 1, 1945 Olson Diary
6. Victory in Europe
May 2, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
May 2 - 3, 1945 Olson Diary
May 3, 1945 Cable 49
May 2/3, 1945 Aberdeen News excerpt/Ridder
May 5 - 7, 1945 Olson Diary
May 5, 1945 Telegram from Luce
May 7, 1945 RCA Cable to Luce
May 7, 1945 Telegram from Luce
May 7, 1945 Cable [unnumbered]
May 10, 1945 Letter to Zembra
May 10, 1945 Memo from Billings
May 8 - 12, 1945 Olson Diary
May 12, 1945 Cable 53
May 13 - 17, 1945 Olson Diary
June 1, 1945 Travel Orders
June 4 - 10, 1945 Olson Diary
III. Post-War
July 16, 1945 Letter to Zembra
April 4, 1947 Novel notes
May 7, 1947 Letter from Gen. Courtney Hodges
Feb. 17, 1950 Letter to Luce
Feb. 17, 1950 Letter from Luce
IV. A New Beginning
Appendix
i. List of Correspondents,... - bisacCodes
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