James F. J. (James Francis Jewell) Archibald

Born in 1871 and dying in 1934, James F. J. Archibald was an American journalist and war correspondent whose career took him into some of the major conflicts of his era. He is especially remembered for reporting from the field and for being described as the first man wounded in the Spanish–American War.

Archibald also covered the Russo-Japanese War, and his published work includes A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War and Blue Shirt and Khaki. His writing reflects a reporter's eye for action, military life, and international affairs, making his books interesting both as historical documents and as vivid examples of early modern war reporting.

In later years he became involved in the tensions surrounding World War I, a reminder that his career unfolded close to the political pressures of the news he covered. For listeners interested in firsthand accounts, foreign correspondence, and the atmosphere of turn-of-the-century history, his work offers an immediate sense of the world he moved through.