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All right boys, I'm going to make you famous. Get yourselves into a heroic pose. Okay. That's it. Just like that. Hold still. Excellent! The Capital Post thanks you! Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day. All right, you boys try not to die out there, okay? God bless you, and God bless the U.S. of A!
”The American war correspondent is a reporter in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation in 2277.
Contents
Background
Recently, the premiere daily periodical of Washington, D.C., the Capitol Post, dis-patched a journalist to the front lines for a piece on the brave soldiers and their fight against Communism. Appearing inside the confines of the Field Headquarters, the Correspondent talks with troops and places them in a pose so heroic, he’s certain that one day someone might carve a memorial from the photograph.[1]
Interactions with the player character
Interactions overview
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This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed. | |
Working for the Capitol Post, he is present at the U.S. Army field headquarters to take a photo of three soldiers for the newspaper. Following the picture, he remarks, "Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day". Someone did, in fact, make a statue of it. It stands at the Anchorage War Memorial.
Other interactions
- If you speak to him, he will give a generic "Thanks for serving" or something of that nature.
Inventory
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Grimy pre-War businesswear Pre-War hat |
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Notable quotes
- "Excellent, the Capital Post thanks you! Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day."
- "All right, you boys try not to die out here, okay? God bless you, and God bless the U.S. of A!"
Appearances
The American war correspondent appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Operation: Anchorage.
References
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.102: "War Correspondent
Recently, the premiere daily periodical of Washington, D.C., the Capitol Post, dispatched a journalist to the front lines for a piece on the brave soldiers and their fight against Communism. Appearing inside the confines of the Field Headquarters, the Correspondent talks with troops and places them in a pose so heroic, he's certain that one day someone might carve a memorial from the photograph."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
