{"id":256,"date":"2020-06-25T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cassidys.ca\/wordpress\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T18:15:32","slug":"henry-cassidy-b-1912","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cassidys.ca\/wordpress\/cassidy-people\/henry-cassidy-b-1912\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cassidy b1910"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span class=\"headingcenter\">Henry Cassidy (1910-1988)<\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"leftColumn\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-456 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cassidys.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Henry_Martha.gif\" alt=\"Henry and Martha Cassidy\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry and Martha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"headingcenter\">Henry Clarence Cassidy was a Harvard graduate and a very successful journalist. He was fluent in Russian and French and served as the Associated Press bureau chief in Moscow from 1940 to 1944. During that period he became Joseph Stalin\u2019s first and most publicized pen pal. He also lived in the Maginot Line with the French Army until Paris fell in June 1940. He was made a Chevalier in the French Foreign Legion of Honor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Cassidy (1910-1988) Henry Clarence Cassidy was a Harvard graduate and a very successful journalist. He was fluent in Russian and French and served as the Associated Press bureau chief in Moscow from 1940 to 1944. During that period he became Joseph Stalin\u2019s first and most publicized pen pal. 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