- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 134, pages 186-193. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- Father was a surgeon and mother was a teacher.
- Attended Harvard University, where he was the managing editor of the Harvard Crimson newspaper. Graduated in 1955.
- Won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Vietnam War for the New York Times.
- Father of Julia Sandness Halberstam (born in 1981). Father-in-law of James Ryan Simpson Harvey (born in 1980).
- From 1960 to 1967, he was a correspondent for the New York Times.
- Release of his book, "The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War". (September 2007)
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