"Richard F. Newcomb, a graduate of Rutgers College, served as a wartime naval correspondent during World War II and received a Purple Heart. He is a retired news editor of the Associated Press and the author of six books, including Abandon Ship!, Savo, and Iwo Jima. He has been called \"one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction.\""@en . . . . . "Richard F. Newcomb, a graduate of Rutgers College, served as a wartime naval correspondent during World War II and received a Purple Heart. He is a retired news editor of the Associated Press and the author of six books, including Abandon Ship!, Savo, and Iwo Jima. He has been called \"one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction.\""@en . . . "Richard Newcomb"@en . .