Discover the Korean War through the eyes of the journalist who covered
it in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel
series
In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) was made bureau chief of the Far
East Asia desk for the New York Herald Tribune. Tensions were high on
the Korean peninsula, where a border drawn after WWII split the country
into North and South. When the North Korean army crossed the border with
Soviet tanks, it was war. Marguerite was there when the Communists
captured Seoul. She fled with the refugees heading south, but when the
bridges were blown over the Han River, she was trapped in enemy
territory. Her eyewitness account of the invasion was a newspaper smash
hit. She risked her life in one dangerous situation after another--all
for the sake of good story. Then she was told that women didn't belong
on the frontlines. The United States Army officially ordered her out of
Korea. She appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, and he personally
lifted the ban on female war correspondents, which allowed her the
chance to report on many of the major events of the Korean War.
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