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Show Gen. Eisenhower's Name Means 'Iron Chopper' Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ("Ike" to the Doughboys) was ice works hand, boxer, cowboy and professional footballer before going go-ing to West Point. His ancestors left Germany in the 18th century to avoid religious persecution, emigrated to America Ameri-ca in 1732. The name means "iron chopper," which is appropriate for our leading tank expert. "Ike" is 52. His soldiers swear by him say he's both tough and lucky. He was certainly lucky when, as a young officer, he arrested ar-rested a Negro National Guardsman Guards-man who had run amok in Chicago. Chi-cago. The Negro pulled out a revolver re-volver and fired five shots at him at almost point-blank range. They all missed. |