at it was the table at which the germans surrendered, where general alfred yodel signed the officialocuments as the germans surrendered to the allies. there were photographs of famous war correspondents such as andy rooney and ed kennedy of the associated press and that's where i started my personal search for the story of ed kennedy. it -- it told snippets at the museum of -- of -- this distinguished journalist and ever since then, i have been reading all i can culminating with this book we will be discussing today. and for people who don't know in -- in detail, ed kennedy was one of the most famous of the war correspondents of world war ii, and on may 7th, he became the most famous or infamous american correspondent of the war. army officials that day allowed a select number of reporters, including him, to witness the historic moment of the surrender but they instructed them that the story once was under strict military imbar go. in a move that was courageous but eventually costly, ed kennedy defied the embargo after the news was broken out of berlin. and -- and the scoop generated