The Omaha World-Herald, "for its initiative and originality in planning a statewide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying war industries with necessary scrap material."[1]
George Weller of the Chicago Daily News for "Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom", "his graphic story of how a U.S. Navy Pharmacist's Mate under enemy waters in a submarine performed an operation for appendicitis saving a sailor's life".
^"Wife's challenge 'What did you do about it?' started publisher on prize-winning Nebraska scrap hunt". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AP. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
^"A rough start for America's war in the Pacific". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
^"Ira Wolfert, Star-Telegram war writer, is Pulitzer Prize winner". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. May 13, 1943 – via Newspapers.com.
^Ira Wolfert (November 27, 1942). "Wolfert describes scene as 2 U.S. admirals died". The Boston Daily Globe – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
Ira Wolfert (November 28, 1942). "All but 25 Japs drowned selves in 'Canal battle". The Boston Daily Globe – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
Ira Wolfert (December 2, 1942). "Jap transports deserted in battle, Wolfert reveals". The Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Seymour and Darling win Pulitzer Prizes". The Des Moines Register. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
^"Two lifeboats sail sea; only one reaches land". Minneapolis Morning Tribune. AP. April 21, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Biographical sketches of award recipients in journalism and letters". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 4, 1943 – via Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
^Steve Swayne (Summer–Fall 2006). "William Schuman, World War II, and the Pulitzer Prize". The Musical Quarterly. 89 (2/3): 273–320. JSTOR 25172842.