[Colonel_Flagg]

When Ike wasn't golfing, however, he was the best trained strategist to ever occupy the White House. From being first in his class at the Army Command and General Staff College to serving as General MacArthur's speechwriter to rising meteorically from lieutenant colonel to general of the Armies (five stars), Eisenhower proved to be exceptionally smart and hard-working.

Only two men ever held that rank, and neither were named Dwight Eisenhower. They were John Pershing and George Washington. Not to diminish Ike in any way, but Newt's facts are wrong.

Otherwise, a nice piece.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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I discovered this at Wikipaedia ...


Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (pronounced /ˈaɪzənhaʊər/, EYE-zən-how-ər; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front.

In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.[2]



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