After college Dystel worked on promotions at '' Esquire '' and then as editor on '' Coronet '' magazine . During his time at '' Coronet '' , he helped increase circulation from 87,000 to 2 million . He left the magazine in 1942 to serve in United States Office of War Information where he worked on psychological warfare . For his service , he won a Medal of Freedom for creating anti-Nazi pamphlets distributed in occupied France that were " valuable factors in reducing the enemy ’s will to resist . " After the war he was hired by '' Collier 's '' magazine as managing editor , but did not stay with the publication for very long . During this period he also worked as an executive for Gardner Cowles on their '' Quick '' news weekly , and became editor of '' Flair '' magazine in 1950
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Oscar Dystel