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in whose compound His Majesty's Legation and the United States Embassy are situated. An American guard of honour fired a salute and the Last Post was sounded. Members of the press corps acted as pall-bearers.'113
Mr. Morrison's last report for the paper was published on the same day as his death on 12 August 1950.2 He was 37 when he was killed.
Firing the salute
The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial lists Mr. Morrison thus:13
IAN MORRISON
News Organization: THE TIMES
Killed 1950
Location: South Korea
Bio:
Killed Aug. 12 when a land mine blew up under his jeep. He was his newspaper's chief correspondent for southwest Asia. During World War II he covered the Pacific, surviving two plane crashes. At various times he suffered from dengue fever, tropical ulcers, amoebic dysentery and malaria. He was also wounded twice covering combat action, in 1943 and 1945. Morrison was 37.