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The author’s parents, Abraham and Juliette Philips.

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In the Army Air Corps, 1945.

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Reporting from Turkey, 1949, with the help of some local sources.

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At a Paris café with fellow correspondents Denny Fodor, left in beret, and Mike James, 1949. Author on right.

Sam Lesch, national news editor and author’s first boss at the Journal, 1955. (Photo courtesy ...

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