[PJ-Comix]

I first found took notice this similarity when I heard a comedian on TV pointing out that the way to do an impression of Ike's voice is to do an impression of Gable's voice. Virtually the SAME voice.

[cotton1706]

Frankly, Adolf, I don’t give a damn!

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[Sawdring]

Was there another Dwight Eisenhower at the time? Why does everyone always use the D.?

[Leaning Right]

Wait a minute. Are you saying that Dwight Eisenhower and Clark Gable are one and the same person? If so, you might be right. I can find no picture of the two of them together.

Well, okay. I did find one. I can’t put it here because it’s a Getty image.
It was probably photoshopped anyway.

[rey]

Have you ever seen them together? Come to think of it, have you ever seen Elmer Fudd and Eisenhower together?

[Williams]

Similar.

[tflabo]

Yes very similar voices. Many men of the WW2 generation had more commanding voices in tone. Men overall were a hardier breed back then too.

[Demiurge2]

Thomas Pynchon mentioned this in the book Gravity’s Rainbow.

[rfp1234]

Did Clark pronounce the word ‘nuclear’ or ‘nukular’?

[doorgunner69]

Were not both heavy smokers and died of lung cancer?

[Albion Wilde]

Similar, but not the same, especially if you ever heard one of them in person. I had the great privilege of meeting Ike face-to-face in my late teens. Very intense person. Admired him greatly.

The comparison is like this: two acoustic guitars both sound like guitars and not like clarinets; but one is a Gibson and the other a Yamaha. Alike, but distinct.