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[email protected] 416-205-5574 War correspondents have, and continue to risk their own personal safety in order to capture a story and communicate news. The first war correspondents from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Art Holmes and Robert Bowman, shipped out from Halifax in late 1939, and for the duration of the war vested themselves in standard military attire. Identical to that of the soldiers on the front whose stories they was capturing, Holmes and Bowman were given military uniforms. Although correspondents were neither soldiers nor members of the armed forces, they were given military priority and respect by association of what this uniform signified. Figure 1. Art Holmes uniform, Image courtesy of CBC Museum. With consideration of the intimate linkage of this piece and the history of journalism, Holmes’ uniform functions both literally and semiologically as a story telling medium.