Show of a an american I 1 portrait the die last war an american america after officer stated that it was a s anny ric error not to force germany german tragic battle on its own fight a becis decisive ve 10 believed that the germans german lie he 1 sit Z interpret the armistice as a 0 buld d fcc vic victory torys saving them fron from and begin preparations for foi Ii feast cr pother war the army officer point d daout the germans must be laten eiten on their own ground their wn fatherland must be concu conquered ered spirit broken belore ad d their military they will will se settle allt down as as a peace of course his con ul 0 people fictions turned out to be correct en eisenhower Elsen howers amazing foresight annot be overestimated one of his biographers spins the following yarn s oil illustrate lustrate that attribute one day ideh the rie general was not so prom nent he arrived at abilene kansas nd sputtered putt ered with indignation he lid ad just gotten off a train which jiust t have harve been fu full 11 of isolationists je it was boiling mad over the apathy our people he said people ought a learn what the hell was going on hat japan had been preparing for at ar for ten years and was goh going ng to wp on us one of these days the generals mother named him because she disliked the shortening of boys names it an loyed her when her son arthur was ailed art and her son edgar was ailed ed she believed there was 10 20 short cut for dwight how iver when dwight grew up he was nicknamed lick named ike but the grand fady disclaims all knowledge of the nickname lick ick name when anyone asks her j gibout ike dee she blandly asks ike nos ike bee gen eisenhower never made guy ny secret of the fact that he despises bigotry and it must never be forgotten that the first Eisen howers to come to america were refugees they came here to escape religious pers persecution e cu in germany elsen eisen howers glorious contribution to preserving our liberty is the he most lethal reply to the bigots who would deny refugees the right to seek asylum in the C U S A america would never have the aid of his great leadership if his forefathers allowed to enter america seemingly insignificant events in ahe lives of great men play vital roles in world history eisenhower aas as anxious to go to annapolis but because he was a few months age he decided to become a west pointer among little known facts about eisenhower Elsen hower is that he is a handy nan man with a skillet he enjoys con acting tasty dishes for friends of course lourse Il his best culinary job was boking looking the nazi goos estep before eisenhower left for europe to take up his duties as allied supreme commander he said to gen marshall general I 1 had ume time to thank you yet mar marshall s hall replied dont try to thank dank me you go over and do the job and well have cause to thank you rou ll 11 pen portraits about gen ike eways include this yarn some years ago when he was on duty in panama he casually remarked to a friend this is a sue fine day to have your appe appendix radix removed asked whether it had been troubling him he replied no I 1 dont even know I 1 have an appendix but it might rear up and put tile me out of action tome some time when things arent to SO qui quiet J Elsen howers knack of inspiring the ie feeling of comradeship with the men en who worked and fought with biln un made the allies an unbeatable bearn m his informality is a priceless asset set of his leadership Frix ample en the allies invaded africa he sent ent this note to gen patton dear georgie borgie eor gie algiers has been ours for two TO days oran defenses crumbling crumblin 9 rapidly with navy shore batteries surrendering rendering only tough nut to track ck is in your hand crack it open en quickly signed ike patton ton did just that the generals history making deeds beas speak most eloquently of his devotion Oe to america but when asked about his views on damoc racy y he answered succinctly al deacy noe racY look what it has done for me took ok me off a kansas farm gave p ve me ane the best education in the world M gave me a chance to make career for myself one of else Elsen li howers strongest d a most appealing characters tills is his deep and sincere huty buty III when his home town ene A attalene Att b 11 tlene was celebrating eisenhower ilow e r day ay some time ago he sent ent this cable to his fellow citi tens hf 81 there it you ya folks fa try to high agn hat me e and call me by titles e instead of dwight when I 1 ane home I 1 shall feel like a stranger nger the worst part of I 1 filary tary rank is its loneliness wish I 1 could be home with the old ld gang at the cafe |