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Tag Archives: President 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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President Ike and the Interstate Highway System
POTUS Ike: The Early Advocate Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Lt. Colonel in the US Army in 1917, when US participation in The Great War began. He was deeply disappointed that he was not assigned to active military service abroad; … Continue reading
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The President and the Apprentice: A Book Review
The President and the Apprentice by Irvin F. Gellman is a massive and masterful book. It runs nearly 600 pages, not counting another 200 small print notes and citations. A remarkable effort. One could write pages of comments of course … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Irwin F. Gellman, President Eisenhower, Presidential history, Presidents and Vice Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, The President and the Apprentice, US history, Vice Presidential history, VP Richard Nixon, White House history
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Seasons Greetings from the Eisenhowers
No United States President took more personal interest in the annual White House Christmas cards than the Great General Ike himself. Dwight Eisenhower: The President-Artist Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) was a man of many hobbies – poker, bridge, fishing, golf – … Continue reading
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