Fortunes of War
General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Allied Field Commander in western France, and some of his associates,* made hay while the French sun shone (see cut).
General Dwight D. Eisenhower took time out when Lieut. Generals Omar N. Bradley and John C. H. Lee came for a conference. He herded them into the morning sunshine, produced a $400 miniature camera, which he said was made in Czechoslovakia and used by Nazi agents, and snapped their picture.
Marshal Tito sent his three-year-old, battle-worn pistol to New York City's battling Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia—acknowledging...