#WarCorrespondentWednesday

Canadian war correspondent Margaret Ecker (Canadian Press) with American troops at the Mainz-Kastel Ordnance Depot and Opel's plant in Russelsheim, Germany, 1944.

Today's #WarCorrespondentWednesday is all about award-winning Canadian Press (CP) correspondent Margaret Ecker.

Ecker was the only woman war correspondent for CP during the SWW and one of a handful of Canadian women who made it to the front as a verified journalist. 1/2

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LAC 3237086 "Colonel C.W. Gilchrist with a group of war correspondents, Berlin, Germany, 4 July 1945." Photographer Michael M. Dean

It's #WarCorrespondentWednesday!

Enjoy weekly photos, newspaper clippings, & sound recordings of the war correspondents I've encountered in my research. To kick us off, here is Canadian public relations officer Colonel Gilchrist with a group of Canadian war correspondents in 1945.

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