"[Eisenhower] said, 'My job is to stage this invasion, as you know. Your job is to keep me informed.'" (Audio Interview, 16:15)

Alexander Standish

Alexander Standish [ca. 1944] War: World War, 1939-1945 Branch: Army Unit: G-2 (Intelligence) Section, 12th Army Group Service Location: England; Northern France; Normandy; Germany Rank: Colonel Place of Birth: MA

Alexander Standish was old enough to be the father of many GIs he served with-he was 42 when the U.S. entered the war-but his experience and poise proved invaluable in intelligence work. He worked with Generals Eisenhower and Bradley in planning the D-Day invasion and subsequent strategy for taking back Europe from the Nazis. British intelligence was able to decode German messages, whose contents were often passed directly to Standish to relay to Bradley.