In the London Daily Express office during the war, Editor Arthur Christiansen used to notice a lackadaisical G.I. in a typical G.I. poseleaning against the wall of the sub-editors' room and blankly chewing gum. One day Christiansen struck up a conversation with the leaner, found that he was soaking up the newspaper atmosphere for future use. His name: Sergeant Richard Vesey.
Not long ago, Dick, back home and demobilized, learned that Chris was coming to the U.S. He wrote him a friendly challenge: "Don't just visit New York and Washington, like most visitors. Come on out here and see the real U.S."...