- Wes Gallagher
Wes Gallagher (d. Oct. 11, 1997) was an American journalist for the Associated Press. He worked as a reporter during World War II. He died in Santa Barbara, California.
College and early career
Gallagher was born in California and stayed there for his some of his post-secondary education enrolling at
University of San Francisco , Eventually he departed for the campus ofLouisiana State University .In 1937 he joined the
Associated Press at their Buffalo bureau after spending time in the employ of the "Baton Rouge Morning Advocate " and "State Times ." While at the State Times he covered the assassination ofHuey P. Long .Work during WWII
During the war Gallagher covered North Africa and Europe for the AP. In 1940 the AP sent him to Copenhagen just in time to witness the Nazi invasion of Denmark. Reporting on the war he covered the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, also served in Greece, the Balkans, and Austria.
Gallagher was recalled to the New York bureau in 1951.
Post-war work
In 1945, freshly returned from the combat zones in Europe and Africa, Gallagher was appointed to head AP operations in Germany. He helped oversee the launching of AP's
German News Service , based in Frankfurt which was instrumental in helping the German media rebuild after the war. In 1946 Gallagher covered the Nazi war crime trials atNuremberg . He outscooped his rivals on the verdicts by dashing 100 yards to where his wife, Betty, waited with an open phoneline. He led the Nuremberg coverage for the AP along withPulitzer Prize winnersDan DeLuce andLouis P. Lochner .In 1954 he was appointed assistant general manager of the AP, a position he retained until
Frank J. Starzel retired as general manager in 1962. The AP board of directors chose Gallagher to take over the post.References
[http://www.ap.org/pages/about/history/history_second.html Associated Press] [http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,827874,00.html Time Magazine article] , Oct. 19, 1962 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DEFD8103EF937A15753C1A961958260 New York Times Brief] , Oct. 24, 1997
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