The admiral was proud of his week, but tired. In three days in Spain, Forrest Sherman had set in motion what he had long urged: a deal for the use of Spain's bases in the defense of Europe (see INTERNATIONAL). Then he was off on a rapid swing around Europe. On Thursday he was in France, conferring with Eisenhower; on Friday he was in London. Leaving at midnight, he flew down to Naples, sleeping fitfully in his personal plane. Saturday was busy with official talks, and he took Mrs. Sherman to dinner and an opera in the open-air theater in Pompeii....
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