Photographer Don Wiedenmayer who served with O'Connell from 1944-45, but who had also served in the North African campaign, alerted the co-authors to look for a used copy of Tunis Expedition which we purchased on eBay.

Our copy, without its original dust jacket, features a  book review written by David B. Dreiman who went on to serve as an editor for Life Magazine on the inside cover. The illustrative map describes route of Allied photographers taken following the invasion.  A second unobscured full-scale map is featured on inside the back cover.

"The Montgomery Beret"

Updated 6/30/10

Army Colonel Darryl Zanuck, right,  took time from ruling 20th Century-Fox studios in World War II to serve as an officer in the U.S. military campaign in North Africa.

Read an excerpt of Tunis Expedition in the web edition of Life Magazine, April 5, 1943. The article contains two pages of color and black and white combat photography by Zanuck's combat cameramen while on assignment. NOTE: Make sure to use of the zoom feature included in the link to enlarge the color photographs featured in the Life Magazine article.

The issue can be found for sale on eBay and features the "Montgomery Beret" a new fashion trend for women in honor of the British field marshal.