Raymond Cromley (August 23, 1910 – February 23, 2007) was a

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in the

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and a

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. Prior to the

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, Cromley was a

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and journalist in

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. Following its outbreak, Cromley joined the American army and served in the

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. He was a member of the

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to Yenan, better known as the

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. After the war, he went on to become a writer for ''

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''. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

References

*Carolle J. Carter, ''Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944-1947'' (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1997). *Raymond Cromley, "My Japanese Wife, The Girl I Loved and Left in Tokyo" (The American Magazine, December 1942 Issue) *Sullivan, Patricia, "Raymond Cromley, columnist covered the Pentagon" Obituatry (Boston Globe, Feb 28, 2007) (Retrieved from www.Boston.com June 28, 2012)

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2002 Audio Interview with Cromley with Transcript
2007 deaths United States Army officers Dixie Mission participants American male journalists 1910 births Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 20th-century American journalists United States Army personnel of World War II American expatriates in Japan American expatriates in China {{US-journalist-1910s-stub

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