When the US invaded Grenada in 1983, no photographers were allowed to accompany the military. McNamee and two other journalists paid the owner of a small boat from a nearby island to take them to Grenada, where they waded ashore only to be met by a US Marine Corps sergeant who was not pleased to see them. Besides, the sergeant said, he had a grudge against Newsweek; he had been promised a pocket calculator as a gift for subscribing to the magazine, but he never received it. McNamee reached into a tote bag and pulled out a pocket calculator of his own. "We've been looking all over the world for you, sergeant," he said. "Here it is." The sergeant cursed, then let the journalists through.
