Charles Henry Mohr (June 16, 1929 – June 17, 1989) was an American reporter for ''

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'' and ''

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'' best known for his multi-year coverage of the

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. Mohr was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1951 and was a member of

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. He was a reporter for the ''

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'' in 1950 and 1951. After three years with

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in Chicago, he joined ''

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'' in 1954. His assignments for ''Time'' included San Francisco, the White House, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Saigon. During the

his reports appraised the policies underlying the war: attempts at secret bombing, strategic and planning failures, the use of napalm on civilians, efforts to pacify the Vietnamese people, and corruption in

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's leadership. When ''Time magazine'' began to censor Mohr’s reports from Vietnam, Mohr resigned from the magazine. Mohr had a long history of heart problems complicated by diabetes. He suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in

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and died in

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on his sixtieth birthday.McFadden, Robert D..
"Charles Mohr, a Times Reporter Who Covered War, Is Dead at 60".''The New York Times''.
1989-06-18. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

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