Life
1920-1974, b. Dublin; war correspondent 1941-45, working with American
news mags.; US citizen 1951; The Longest Day (1959, and filmed);
The Last Battle (1960); A Bridge Too Far (1974, and filmed),
One Minute to Ditch (1957), and works concerning space programme;
life of MacArthur (1951), etc. His last work, on terminal illness,
A Private Battle (1979). DIW
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)