Osmar White, war correspondent, interviewed by Peter Jepperson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Accession Number	S00981
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 11 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD90; mono
Maker	White, Osmar Jepperson, Peter
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Templestowe Lower
Date made	14 April 1990
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Status to be assessed
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

Osmar White, war correspondent, interviewed by Peter Jepperson for The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45. He discusses journalism; War Correspondent; Melbourne Sun; Keith Murdoch intervention; propaganda; censorship; Moresby bombing; Sydney Telegraph; Daily Express, London; New Guinea; Vietnam: Green Armour – Book; Japanese tactics; .303 rifles; Damien Parer; Kokoda Campaign; 2/14th Battalion; uniform and gear; Owen Stanleys; Militia; the enemy being beaten by the landscape; Catching Malaria; Reporting on the American Fleet; Saratoga; Admiral Halsey; Wounded in a bombing; Orthopaedic surgeons; Chester Wilmot; George Johnston; 4th Armoured Division of Patton's Third Army; Surrender; Nuremberg Trials.