“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
Shortly after D-Day, Hemingway led a band of Resistance fighters in the French town of Rambouillet on a mission to gather intelligence. The problem was, war correspondents aren’t supposed to lead armed troops, according to the Geneva Convention. His charges were eventually dropped. Of the situation, Hemingway said he, “had a certain amount of knowledge about guerilla warfare …and I was willing and happy to work for or be of use to anybody who would give me anything to do within my capabilities.”
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