We were correspondents as well as photographers. The whole group would cover special events together, such as the invasion, the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, and so forth. However, in between, we were split up into small units and were on our own. Our orders were to accompany frontline troops, and document on motion-picture film their activities, and the things they encountered.

Our little unit had a jeep and a trailer as well as a driver to take care of all of it. Our driver Angie (far left) would hide the equipment when the three of us were out looking for stories. My partner Pinky (far right) and I (second from left) were both motion picture photographers. One would stay back and get the overall coverage, and the other would go in close to do the photography there. Otherwise, a single photographer would be running back and forth and have a heck of a time. The film was sent back to the processing lab, and then the editor assembled the footage as he saw fit. The fourth man in our unit was Shaw (second from right), who even at that time was a well-known writer.
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