[EveningStar]

Wikipedia

[Nifster]

may the angels sing him home

[Gay State Conservative]

Ike was a good man and I'm willing to assume that the same was true of his sons.A couple of years ago,while on I-70 in Kansas,I came upon signs for Ike's birthplace and Library.I stopped for a couple hours and wish I had stayed longer.Impressive to say the least.

[fhayek]

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.

[FlingWingFlyer]

His outstanding book, The Bitter Woods shed new light on the Battle of the Bulge which allowed a lot of brave men to finally be recognized for the courageous actions they performed during the battle. After his book came out, many historians realized that the actions along the "Northern Shoulder" of the Bulge was key to the Americans stopping the German attack.

[CyberSpartacus]

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.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Rebelbase]

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?

[kiryandil]

I have an excellent book of his on the December 1944 Ardennes offensive:

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.

[rdl6989]

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