Floyd Gibbons

Floyd Gibbons
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.
DiedSeptember 23, 1939(1939-09-23) (aged 52)
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeMount Olivet Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupations
  • journalist
  • radio commentator
AwardsCroix 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.

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