page_title: Ross Munro
hierarchical_section_title: Ross Munro
caption_attribution_description: English: Canadian Press war correspondent Ross Munro typing a story in the battle area between Valguarnera and Leonforte, Italy, August 1943 Français&#160;: Le correspondant de guerre de la Presse canadienne Ross Munro dactylographie un reportage sur un champ de bataille situé entre Valguarnera et Leonforte (Italie), en août 1943
context_page_description: Robert Ross Munro, OBE, OC was the Canadian Press's lead war correspondent in Europe in World War II. He covered a Canadian raid in Spitsbergen, the 1942 raid on Dieppe, the Allied landings in Sicily, the Italian campaign, D-Day and the campaign in Northwestern Europe. His memoirs of the campaigns, published as From Gauntlet to Overlord, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1945. He later covered the Korean War, and after retiring as a war correspondent became publisher of the Vancouver Daily Province, the Winnipeg Tribune, and the Edmonton Journal. Munro was appointed OBE in 1946 and OC in 1975.
context_section_description: Robert Ross Munro, OBE, OC  (September 6, 1913 - June 21, 1990) was the Canadian Press's lead war correspondent in Europe in World War II. He covered a Canadian raid in Spitsbergen, the 1942 raid on Dieppe, the Allied landings in Sicily, the Italian campaign, D-Day and the campaign in Northwestern Europe. His memoirs of the campaigns, published as From Gauntlet to Overlord, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1945. He later covered the Korean War, and after retiring as a war correspondent became publisher of the Vancouver Daily Province, the Winnipeg Tribune, and the Edmonton Journal. Munro was appointed OBE in 1946 and OC in 1975.
caption: Canadian Press war correspondent Ross Munro typing a story in the battle area between Valguarnera and Leonforte, Italy, August 1943
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