The University of Findlay will host award-winning Associated Press journalists George Esper and Richard Pyle, both of whom reported on a number of historical events including the Vietnam War, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in Winebrenner Theological Seminary.

Esper and Pyle will compare and contrast the ways in which war was reported on then and now. Admission is free.
   
Esper is a professor at his alma mater, West Virginia University, following a 42-year career with the AP during which he reported on two major American wars: Vietnam and the first Gulf War. He covered the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the official battlefield surrender of Iraq in March 1991. Esper also served as AP bureau chief during both conflicts, earning awards and honors for his work.
   
Pyle, who covered six wars, joined the AP in 1960 in Detroit, and after assignments around the country and the world, he works with the New York AP bureau. During his career, he was bureau chief in Saigon from 1970-73 and covered the resignation of Vice President Agnew in 1973, Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf in 1987-88 and more. In 2001, Pyle witnessed the World Trade Center attacks from his Brooklyn roof deck, went to the scene and reported from the streets of New York. He is the author of “Schwarzkopf: The Man, The Mission, The Triumph” and “Lost Over Laos.”
   
Esper and Pyle’s visit is co-sponsored by The Courier and The University of Findlay.