- He was a war correspondent during World War II.
- He had a law degree, and had worked as a pro football player. Damon Runyon gave him his first sports writing job.
- Ambulance driver Robert Montgomery gave him a ride during the Fall of France in 1940.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6225 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- He won a libel judgment against Hearst newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler, who had called him a Communist. The civil trial inspired the play, "A Case of Libel.".
- He spoke German fluently. He said that Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels was the most powerful evil speaker he ever watched in person.
- He introduced John Steinbeck to Ernie Pyle in Algiers, calling their new friendship a "mutual admiration society.".
- He was very nice and he wrote the book "A secret for Two".
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