The book was "Four Jills in a Jeep" by the Hollywood starlet Carole Landis. It recounted her adventures on a tour to entertain troops in England and Africa, with three other actresses, Mitzi Mayfair, Martha Ray and Kay Francis. A cheerful, bouncy book -- made into a forgettable Hollywood film. She met Bourke-White in Africa where combat was close, and recounts some of the photographer's absolutely hair-raising feats.
Landis sounded so darned upbeat, it is strange indeed that she died by her own hand only a few years later (overdose of seconal), before she was yet 30.
Did you know that it was Bill Buckley's sister, Priscilla, a wire-service editor in France, who coined the term, "The Angel of Dien Bien Phu"?
T'wit this is so interesting.Thank you for telling me and all of us about the book and the Four Jill's in a Jeep.Really interesting.