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* "He began his writing career in 1933 at the Hilo Tribune Herald and later at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in Hawaii before joining the Associated Press in 1939. While with the Associated Press, Mr. Brines reported on the Amelia Earhart story, the Chinese-Japanese War, World War II and the Korean War." | * "He began his writing career in 1933 at the Hilo Tribune Herald and later at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in Hawaii before joining the Associated Press in 1939. While with the Associated Press, Mr. Brines reported on the Amelia Earhart story, the Chinese-Japanese War, World War II and the Korean War." | ||
TIGHAR has received a letter purporting to be from Brines to another journalist. | TIGHAR has received a letter purporting to be from Brines to another journalist. The letter is dated 3 August 1937, and it speculates that Noonan may have been too drunk to navigate on the fatal flight. | ||
* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Brines_Letter/Brinesletter.html "The Brines Letter."] | * [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Brines_Letter/Brinesletter.html "The Brines Letter."] | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 8 January 2012
Excerpts from the Gainesville Sun, 25 June 1982:
- Russ Brines (1911-1982) was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press and a journalism professor at the University of Florida in Gainseville.
- "In a career that spanned almost 50 years Mr Brines reported from more than 80 countries and covered seven wars from the Chinese-Japanese War to the Vietnam War. As well as his work with the Associated Press, Mr. Brines was the first editor of the Copley News Service [in San Diego] and was an author and lecturer."
- "He began his writing career in 1933 at the Hilo Tribune Herald and later at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in Hawaii before joining the Associated Press in 1939. While with the Associated Press, Mr. Brines reported on the Amelia Earhart story, the Chinese-Japanese War, World War II and the Korean War."
TIGHAR has received a letter purporting to be from Brines to another journalist. The letter is dated 3 August 1937, and it speculates that Noonan may have been too drunk to navigate on the fatal flight.