A Solemn Pledge.

On Armistice Day four reporters who had witnessed the horrors and brutality of the war shook hands and pledged that they would spend the rest of their lives writing the truth about the war so that the bloodshed would never be repeated. The millions of soldiers and civilians dead from combat and disease, the unprecedented pain and suffering—each man felt he would give his life to prevent such massive injustice from happening again. The four reporters were Herbert Corey, George Seldes, Lincoln Eyre, and Cal Lyon.

And So Much for Military Discipline.

At the same time, the four young men decided that the rules of military discipline no longer applied to newspaper correspondents. They decided to drive into Germany to observe conditions and to try to interview Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the (former) commander of the German army. They drove through France into Germany and soon came upon the...