 Somervell was on the cover of the June 15, 1942 issue of "Time" and also of "Life" in an article written by Charles J.V.Murphy titled "Somervell of the S.O.S", in the 8 May 1943 issue.According to military historian John D. Millett, who served on Somervell's Army Service Forces staff, Somervell was "impatient, tense, and decisive".