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'''Peter Kalischer''' (December 25, 1915 – July 5, 1991) was an American journalist best known for his reporting of the early stages of the [[Vietnam War]] in the 1960s as a television correspondent for [[CBS News]].
He later became a professor at [[Loyola University New Orleans|Loyola University]].▼
== Career ==
Kalischer covered the [[Korean War]] as the [[war correspondent]] from [[United Press International|United Press]], writing multiple articles about it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1950/07/21/GI-Casey-Jones-saves-pals-from-Taejon-trap/1159722404691/|title=GI 'Casey Jones' saves pals from Taejon trap|work=UPI|access-date=2023-10-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1950/07/28/South-Korean-boy-leads-Yank-lost-battalion/7641429410250/|title=South Korean boy leads Yank 'lost battalion'|work=UPI|access-date=2018-01-12|language=en}}</ref>
He won the Overseas Press Club award in 1963 for his reporting during the [[Buddhist crisis]] that led to the [[Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm|fall]] of President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] of [[South Vietnam]]. In 1968, while covering the [[Tet Offensive]], he had dinner on the rooftop restaurant of the Caravelle Hotel with Walter Cronkite who was preparing a special report on the war and helped to convince him that the war could not be won militarily, that a stalemate was inevitable. From 1966 to 1978, Kalischer was the Paris correspondent and bureau chief for CBS News.
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==Bibliography==
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He is survived by his wife, Gloria Uemura; two sons, Peter Mark of Tokyo and David Murray of Kyushu, Japan, and one granddaughter, Danielle.
===Articles===
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==References==
▲{{cite journal |last=Kalischer |first=Peter |authorlink= |date=24 June 1955|title='Mr. Attack' goes to Washington |journal=[[Collier's]] |volume=135 |issue=13 |pages=27–31 |url= |accessdate= }}
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▲{{cite journal |last=Kalischer |first=Peter |authorlink= |date=2 March 1956|title=Japan |journal=[[Collier's]] |volume=137 |issue=5 |pages=58–65 |url= |accessdate= }}
== External links ==
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1D81F3BF933A25754C0A967958260 Obituary from ''The New York Times'']
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