He had a law degree, and had worked as a pro football player. Damon Runyon gave him his first sports writing job.
Ambulance driver Robert Montgomery gave him a ride during the Fall of France in 1940.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6225 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
He won a libel judgment against Hearst newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler, who had called him a Communist. The civil trial inspired the play, "A Case of Libel.".
Actual danger never scares you much; the anticipation of danger does.
At first it is hard to watch men die, but after a while you get quite accustomed to it. Actually they make it easier because they die very quietly. The wounded don't cry.