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Tag Archives: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Ike’s Last Mission
But The General’s Health… …was not very good. He had suffered a few aches and pains and illnesses during his first six decades. But they were nothing out of the ordinary for a man his age, and with the great … Continue reading
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Eisenhower 1956: The Second Term Decision
At the end of his first term, Ike was 66,, and one of our oldest Presidents to that time. The Life of Duty, Honor, Country… Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), one of six strapping corn-fed farm boys, was accustomed to hard work … Continue reading
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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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Ike and Mamie’s First House
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married Second Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently graduated from West Point. The Eisenhower Bride and Groom While Mama and Papa Doud adored Ike, and would consider him their “son” for the rest of … Continue reading
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