Jean-Marie de Premonville

Journalist, Deceased Person

– 1951

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Who was Jean-Marie de Premonville?

A French war correspondent, Jean-Marie de Prémonville de Maisonthou covered the Korean War for the Agence France-Presse before being killed by machinegun fire while riding with a patrol on 12 February 1951 during the battle of Chipyong-Ni.

He had initially been sent to replace AFP correspondent Maximilien Philomenko who had been killed earlier.

He co-authored the book "Return to Korea: Tales of 4 War Correspondents on the Korean Front", published by Rene Juilliard in 1951, along with Serge Bromberger, Philippe Baudy and Henri de Turenne.

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  • France
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Died
1951

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on July 23, 2013

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