Dean Brelis

While stationed in Burma, he received a Bronze Star. After World War II he attended Harvard, earning a bachelor's degree in 1949, and began his journalism career writing for the Boston Globe. He worked as a correspondent for Time-Life from 1949 to 1954, then in 1958 published his first novel, "The Mission," which was loosely based on his experiences in Burma. Two more novels followed: "Shalom" (1959) and "My New-Found Land" (1963). Brelis authored another book about his experiences in Burma, this time collaborating with Peers to pen "Behind the Burma Road: The Story of America’s Most Successful Guerrilla Force" (1963). In his last book, "The face of South Vietnam", he collaborated with photographer, Jill Krementz. In the early 1960s he joined NBC, filing dispatches from the Middle East, North Africa, Cyprus and Vietnam before anchoring the KNBC-TV Channel 4 nightly news in Los Angeles in 1967. He worked with CBS News, and then in 1974 Brelis returned to Time as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia, retiring in 1988.

• Name — Dean Brelis • Birth Name — Constantinos Christos Brelis • Born — 1 April 1924 • Birthplace — Newport, Rhode Island • Died — 17 November 2006 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California • Occupation — Foreign Correspondent • Education — Bachelor of Arts, 1949 • Alma Mater — Harvard University • Notable Works — Behind the Burma Road The face of South Vietnam