Russel D. Brines

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 Brines Letter."
• Commentary on the Brines letter.