• During World War II, the Navy placed him in charge of radio entertainment at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station north of Chicago.
• Hosted "Night Beat," first aired in 1956, interviewing future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, author Norman Mailer and the imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
• Narrated highly rated "Biography" series before joining CBS in 1963.
• On-air reporter for the "CBS Evening News" and questioner on "Face the Nation."
• Cast opposite Harry Reasoner as the first "60 Minutes" correspondents. Wallace retired in 2006.
• Hosted "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception" in 1982, which led to $120 million libel suit brought against CBS by Gen. William Westmoreland. Wallace called it the most traumatic point in his career.
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