Gibbons is given a "home town" welcome at Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 5, 1918. To the right of the photo is his sister Zelda.
Born
Floyd Phillips Gibbons
(1887-07-16)July 16, 1887
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died
September 23, 1939(1939-09-23) (aged 52)
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place
Mount Olivet Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupations
journalist
radio commentator
Awards
Croix de Guerre with palm
Floyd Phillips Gibbons (July 16, 1887 – September 23, 1939) was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. One of radio's first news reporters and commentators, he was famous for a fast-talking delivery style. Floyd Gibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke.
FloydGibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke. Floyd Phillips Gibbons was born on July 16, 1887, in Washington, D.C. Gibbons...
The Red Napoleon is a 1929 novel by FloydGibbons predicting a Soviet conquest of Europe and invasion of America. The novel contains strong racial overtones...
"Somebody Please Help Me", 1962), The Untouchables with Stack ("The FloydGibbons Story", 1962), and The Greatest Show on Earth ("Where the Wire Ends"...
as reporter/commentator FloydGibbons in "The FloydGibbons Story" of The Untouchables. The next year, he portrayed Bill Floyd in the episode "Run for...
Wouldn't Fight, a 1918 memoir by war correspondent FloydGibbons of The Chicago Tribune. Gibbons, who was attached to Major Benjamin Berry's 3rd Battalion...
dialogue sequences consist mainly of narration that is read aloud by FloydGibbons. The film won at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. The...
States, though General John J. Pershing allowed embedded reporters (FloydGibbons had been severely wounded at the Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918). At...
bolstered Allied resistance to the German offensive[citation needed]. FloydGibbons wrote about the American troops, saying, "I never saw men charge to...
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February 6, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2006. Culver, Dick (2002). "FloydGibbons' Legacy to the Marines" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2006. Headquarters...
Sunday evening Literary Digest program, replacing the previous host, FloydGibbons. On the program, he told stories of his travels. The show was fifteen-minutes...
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terms. Queen Marie of Romania visited the hospital in November 1926. FloydGibbons World War I correspondent visited Fitzsimons in August 1932. James E...
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reporter for the Chicago Tribune. At the instigation of war correspondent FloydGibbons, he dropped the name "Henry", and started covering international affairs...
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commentators, including Morgan Beatty, Alex Dreier, Pauline Frederick, FloydGibbons, John Gunther, Richard Harkness, George Hicks, H. V. Kaltenborn, John...
media coverage and was the subject of daily radio reports by NBC's FloydGibbons and newsreels that were shown in movie theaters. The gusher flowed for...
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