Pearl Harbour reporter dies

Hugh Lytle, whose teletype message provided the world with the first account of the attack on Pearl Harbour has died. He was 100.

Pearl Harbour reporter dies

Hugh Lytle, whose teletype message provided the world with the first account of the attack on Pearl Harbour has died. He was 100.

Lytle, the Honolulu correspondent for the Associated Press and a reserve Army officer, was awakened by the Army on December 7, 1941 as Japanese planes bombed the US fleet.

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