Ray Cromley

Raymond Avolon Cromley
Born	August 23, 1910
Died	February 23, 2007
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Army
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Bronze Star, Legion of merit
Other work	Writer for The Wall Street Journal

Raymond Cromley (August 23, 1910 – February 23, 2007) was a Colonel in the United States Army and a Journalist. Prior to the Second World War, Cromley was a correspondent and journalist in Japan. Following its outbreak, Cromley joined the American army and served in the China Burma India Theater. He was a member of the United States Army Observation Group to Yenan, better known as the Dixie Mission. After the war, he went on to become a writer for The Wall Street Journal. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

See also

• Dixie Mission

References

• Carolle J. Carter, Mission to Yenan: American Liaison with the Chinese Communists 1944-1947 (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1997).
• Raymond Cromley, "My Japanese Wife, The Girl I Loved and Left in Tokyo" (The American Magazine, December 1942 Issue)
• Sullivan, Patricia, "Raymond Cromley, columnist covered the Pentagon" Obituatry (Boston Globe, Feb 28, 2007) (Retrieved from www.Boston.com June 28, 2012)

External links

• 2002 Audio Interview with Cromley with Transcript