GeorgeMcLean,anAmericanlieutenantintheSignalCorpsduringWorldWarⅡ,hadtodeliveratop-secretmessagetoGeneralEisenhowerinManilain1945.Ithappenedthattheyweretakingapoundingfromatyphoonatthetime.
"MydriverandIweregoingtowardEisenhower'sheadquarterswhenourjeepdroppedintooneofthewater-filledholesintheroad.Thejeepsubmerged.Ileftmydrivertofigureitoutandwentonbyfoot.IlookedlikeadrownedratasIhandedEisenhowerthetop-secretmessage.
"'Whathappenedtoyou,lieutenant?'Eisenhowerinquired.Itoldhimandhesaidtooneofhisaides,'Getthisofficersomedryclothes.Andbringthatdriverandjeepinhere.'Hewasmoreconcernedaboutmethanhewasthemessage.I'llneverforgetthat."
第二次世界大戰期間，喬治．麥克萊恩是美軍通訊隊中尉。一九四五年，他在馬尼拉，要送一分絕密信件給艾森豪將軍。當時遇上颱風。
「我和司機同往艾森豪司令部，路上水坑不少。吉普車途中掉進一個水坑，沉在水裏。我留下司機收拾殘局，自己步行前去，把絕密信件交到艾森豪手上，渾身濕漉漉，像隻淹死的老鼠。
「『艾森豪問：『中尉，你怎麼會這樣？』我跟他說了。他吩咐手下一名副官：『給這位軍官一些乾衣服。把他的司機和吉普車帶來這裏。』他關心我多於關心那信件，這是我沒齒不忘的。」