[2] Socolow attended officer candidate school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he trained as a forward artillery observer, graduating June 3, 1952.
He received psychological warfare training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and as a second lieutenant was sent to Japan where he worked with a broadcast propaganda unit during the Korean War.
Working with Ted Yates, Jr., Marlene Sanders, Bill Kobin and Mike Wallace, the team put together the first live local news broadcast for New York City's channel 5.
He sat by Cronkite's side on election night 1960, silently passing notes on camara throughout the entire twelve hour close vote marathon.
[6] Throughout much of the 1960s, Socolow, working under Don Hewitt, Ernie Leiser, and Les Midgley, played a key role in shaping Cronkite's daily newscast.
[7] In 1974 Socolow moved to Washington, where he oversaw CBS’s coverage of Nixon’s resignation and the trials of the Watergate conspirators.