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Tag Archives: Dwight Eisenhower
The Eisenhower Tragedy: Ikkie
Nothing pained Ike and Mamie Eisenhower more than the death of their firstborn son. The Parents Eisenhower Mamie Doud became “Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower” on July 1, 1916. She was nineteen. Surprising everyone, including herself, Mamie adapted well to army living. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Fox Connor, history, Ike Eisenhower, Ikkie Eisenhower, Ikky Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Virginia Connor, Presidential history, the death of Ike's firstborn, the Eisenhower marriage, US history
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IKE: Bearing Witness to the Unthinkable
By early April, 1945, US soldiers in Europe were horrified by scenes that had hitherto been semi-dismissed as “rumors.” Death Camps and Corpses For a few years, there had been undercurrent rumors that the Germans had embarked on wholesale internment … Continue reading
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Tagged "Crusade in Europe", American history, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General George C. Marshall, General George Patton, General Ike, General Omar Bradley, General Walton Walker, German concentration camps, history, Holocaust history, Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, President Franklin D Roosevelt, The Holocaust, U.S. history, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, World War II history
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Moving Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married recent West Point graduate Lt. Dwight Eisenhower. Young Army Bride Mamie’s parents, John and Elivera Doud were not happy about their daughter’s marriage. They adored Dwight David Eisenhower, and would consider … Continue reading
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Tagged American First Ladies, American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower's military life, Mrs. Ike, President Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential history, US history
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