Early Life and Career
Philip Caputo was born in Westchester, Illinois and attended Fenwick High School and Loyola University Chicago. From 1965-1966 Caputo served in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) as an infantry lieutenant (platoon leader) in the United States Marine Corps. Caputo served in combat and earned several medals and awards upon completion of his tour of duty.
After serving three years in the Corps, Caputo began a career in journalism, joining the staff of the Chicago Tribune in 1968. In 1973, Caputo was part of a writing team that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on election fraud in Chicago. For the next five years, he was a foreign correspondent for the Tribune. He covered the fall of Saigon in 1975, and he served in Italy, the Soviet Union and the Middle East.
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