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...people whose hands opened the messages, and whose eyes read them, a few days later read a statement made by War Secretary Henry L. Stimson. On the performance of U.S. troops in the Tunisian campaign, the Secretary said: "Inferences which have been made from the facts by commentators and others in the press have not been quite fair to the American troops...
...together on tank tactics through the years. In the early days of the reconstituted Wehrmacht, Arnim commanded the First Panzer Regiment. Later he was shifted back to infantry, which he commanded in Poland. He helped develop the cooperation of tanks and infantry within armored di visions, and in hilly Tunisian terrain where the uses of tanks are limited, his expertness in such liaison will be valuable...
...There are a lot of other things it seems to me they've yet to find out too. A lot of the boys seem to think they're going home when the Tunisian campaign is finished. Why, I don't know, when some boys in the Eighth Army have been in Africa for years compared to their months. It seems to me that somebody back home must be feeding these boys an awful lot of stupid propaganda. It's a pity too, because guys like this who have been sluggin' away at a hill like...
Despite some spectacular manifestations of support, French North Africa was not ready to fall into De Gaulle's arms. A visit now would divert the energies of generals absorbed in the climactic phase of the Tunisian campaign. Previously, and in vain, Catroux had pointed out these things to General de Gaulle. Higher and harsher authorities finally...
From Tunisia, fortnight ago, came five striking newspictures. U.S. publishers played them big. One was particularly eye-catching: a photo of a U.S. patrol advancing across a Tunisian plain while in the foreground Medical Corpsmen fixed up a wounded trooper. TIME and the news papers, rushing to press, played the picture straight. The New York Daily News gave it a ten-column, double-truck display, called it "a great battle picture"; so did Editor & Publisher, publication trade weekly. LIFE, pondering the picture, had grave qualms, finally printed it double-spread, but with a skeptical caption: ". . . In spite of the apparent...