On the Anzio beachhead last week the U.S. and Allied press won a minor counterattack but they were losing a major battle against brass-buttoned censorship. The Army had served notice that it could make correspondents hew to the official line of what is good and what is bad battle news.
On the British invasion base, the Allied press lost a major engagement: its freedom of expression on Allied diplomatic and political policies. British stripe-trousered censorship moved in to judge what shall be sweet and what sour about Allied relations.
Brass Hats. The Anzio press...
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