Relatively few people alive today will remember Ike's Presidency, let alone his role in World War II. What a remarkable man of the twentieth century. As Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, he directed the liberation of Europe from Hitler's massive deaths, destruction and tyranny. Ike did it by holding together the Allies and their armed forces - that meant Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Omar Bradley, just for starters. He knew how to work with people and lead his troops. And then he became President of the United States. As President, he integrated schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, he developed the interstate highway system and he appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren - the latter perhaps to Ike's later dismay. President Eisenhower was a Republican!
As this country faces a bizarre Presidential election, it is well worthwhile to take the measure of this humble man who achieved so much. After his Presidency, he resumed his preferred title, General. General Eisenhower was a man of vision, common sense, looking to the future. He is an example we should consider as we evaluate the current candidates.
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