The 18 Wars of Arnaud de Borchgrave

The former Newsweek correspondent and Washington Times editor-in-chief was 88

The first war witnessed by former Washington Times editor-in-chief and Newsweek foreign correspondent Arnaud de Borchgrave, who died over the weekend from cancer at the age of 88, was one that he fought in. Lying about his age in order enlist in the Merchant Navy, de Borchgrave fought in World War II until he was wounded on D-Day. He would witness 18 more wars as a foreign correspondent.

In an illustration of the adventurous, splashy life de Borchgrave led, his obituaries, stitched together, read like a swashbuckler novel.

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