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What kind of restrictions were placed on the press by the Office of Censorship at the beginning of World War II?

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The Office of Censorship implemented the most severe wartime restrictions of the press in the nation's history, reviewing all mail and incoming field dispatches, prohibiting pictures of American casualties, and censoring information for purposes of "national security." ...

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