Suez Canal, Egypt, 1974: I was with the Second Egyptian Army, who, at the end of the Yom Kippur War managed to cross the Suez Canal and establish a bridgehead there.

BBC: Rene Burri in colour

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, and not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time, " Rumsfeld said.

NPR: Walter Reed Reaction Contrasts with Abu Ghraib

He served for two years in the American army in the second world war and, after graduating (with a brief spell at Oxford), was recruited into the Central Intelligence Agency, apparently because of his knowledge of guns.

ECONOMIST: Samuel Cummings