Scottish war correspondent Richard McMillan was an experienced hand for the UP in war-torn North Africa:
"Back in Africa, McMillan was with the British during the siege of Tobruk and in the disastrous fight into Egypt. Finally, he had the satisfaction of seeing the crushed Eighth Army, marvelously revitalized under Monty of El Alamein, force the strutting Rommel, who had advanced farther and faster than any other military leader in history, to turn tail, thus earning the added distinction of being the military leader who retreated faster than any other in history."
