Posted on 12/21/2013 8:17:55 PM PST by EveningStar
John S.D. Eisenhower, the son of a five-star general turned president who forged his own career in the U.S. Army and then chronicled the history of the American military in numerous books, died Saturday. He was 91.
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may the angels sing him home
Family relationships, genealogy if you will, connects us more closely than we all realize. We are but a scant 10 generations or so from the founding of this country. I can remember my great grandfather, who theoretically could remember HIS grandfather, who dated from the eighteenth century.
Thats funny. He was born in north texas.
Father and son served the nation well. I hope that there are more like them in the family line.
yep, on October 14th
Thats funny. He was born in north texas.
Hmmm. Maybe your weren't really in Kansas anymore, GSC. Something not right ;-)
Go back and ask for a refund. Then drive North on US 75 from Dallas toward the Oklahoma line to get to where you want to go.
Ike was a great general in his time. He was no friend of Joe McCarthy, however. He folded as a President.
So far from God is one of the best books on Military History I have ever read. I highly recommend it. May the Angels welcome him with open arms.
Visit the Eisenhower farm at Gettsyburg. A tour of the house and grounds, left me with some lasting impressions of the man.The Ike I have in mind was much like many retired army colonels of the “Brown shoe” era. Strong-willed, intellectually tough, and plain in their tastes.
I know he was raised in kansas. But born in denison, tx. I toured the house. Awesome to see. Ended hislife on his farm in gettysburg ,pa. Just learned that this summer when we visited there. The man got around!
Ike Eisenhower’s family were members of a pacifist sect; they moved from Penn. to Texas to avoid the civil war. After Ike was born, ironically he applied to West Point for its free education.
His mother remained a pacifist all during WWI, passing out leaflets, etc. It is possible that the reason he was never sent overseas during that war is because he was considered suspect by government—pacifism, German ancestry, etc.
Had he not returned to the states from the Philippines, he might have ended up with Gen. Wainwright’s job—surrendering; and been stuck in a prison camp for the next four years.
Instead...
RIP.
From the Wiki Article: “A lifelong Republican, Eisenhower became independent and voted for Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential election, citing dissatisfaction with Republican incumbent George W. Bush’s management of U.S. foreign policy.[8]”
What the hell does this have to do with his life?
That’s a big black mark, voting for a traitor. Perhaps due to senility.
The Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bitter-Woods-Battle-Bulge/dp/0306806525/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387689676&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bitter+woods
I consider it a must-have for any student of the Ardennes campaign.
On this date in 1944 (69 years ago), the poor German bastards had been drawn into the 101st Airborne's clever Bastogne trap, and had them surrounded.
bttt
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