Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-16 | Page 8 | 'Ike' Offers to Swap Overshoes, but G I at Front Declines Deal

like Ike Offers to Swap Overshoes But GI G 0 I at at Front Declines Deal ADV ADVANCED ANC D COMMAND POST S H A E F Nov 16 Dwight P-Dwight U Dwight D. D Eisenhower r came near swapping his sheepskin lined d ov overshoes for fora a G. G Is I.'s I. I s 's pair of up beat-up Thursday but the soldier finally turned down the deal Squishing through knee-deep knee mud near the front lines Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower paused to talk to S Darrell Van Ness Sure wish I had a pair of overshoes over over- shoes hoes like yours Van Ness said Eisenhower hopped on one leg legIn legIn In the mud while he tugged at a I frozen zipper No General Van Ness said l' l I finally I guess you'll need those flight boots more than I will The deals deal's off The star four-star commander com com- promised He offered the soldier MO francs francs on on the line line for for his first dead Jerry I