Authors: Jim Newton
55
“go bothering your pretty head”:
DDE to Mamie, Feb. 26, 1943, in ibid., p. 97.
56
“Your letters often give me”:
DDE to Mamie, June 11, 1943, in ibid., pp. 127–28.
57
Kay was a welcome companion:
David Eisenhower,
Going Home
, p. 24.
58
first dance at the end of the war:
Clip of AP report is attached to Mamie to her family, date unclear, but apparently Aug. 1945, Family Letters 1945, box 4, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
59
“When you have some spare time”:
Summersby to DDE, May 31, 1948, Kay Summersby folder, box 112, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
60
“I can scarcely estimate”:
DDE to Summersby, June 1, 1948, Kay Summersby folder, box 112, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
61
“Americans are funny”:
John Eisenhower, interview with author, Oct. 7, 2010.
62
glamorized the relationship:
Ibid.
CHAPTER
2:
THE MENTORING OF SOLDIERS
1
reborn soldier from ancient times:
Martin Blumenson,
Patton
, p. 29.
2
“Beatrice Ayer was polished”:
Ibid., p. 38.
3
“I was afraid to bring the subject up”:
DDE,
At Ease
, p. 171.
4
“speedy, reliable and efficient”:
D’Este,
Patton
, pp. 296–97.
5
“They are destined for a separate existence”:
Ibid., p. 297.
6
risk court-martial:
D’Este,
Eisenhower
, p. 152. See also Korda,
Ike
, p. 152.
7
“Club Eisenhower”:
Korda,
Ike
, p. 153.
8
Patton’s invitation to dinner:
Charles H. Brown and John Ray Skates, “Fox Conner,”
Journal of Mississippi History
(Aug. 1987).
9
Patton’s answer: leadership:
Patton to DDE, July 9, 1926, George S. Patton Jr. (6) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers, DDEPL.
10
graciously credited Patton:
Ibid.
11
angling for something more significant:
DDE to Patton, Sept. 17, 1940, Patton (6) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
12
“My advice is”:
DDE to Patton, Feb. 4, 1943, Patton (4) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
13
rolled out of the tent:
Perrin H. Long to the Surgeon NATOUSA, memo, Aug. 16, 1943, Patton (4) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
14
“The deleterious effects”:
Ibid.
15
“I am attaching a report”:
DDE to Patton, Aug. 17, 1943, Patton (4) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
16
“those unfortunate personal traits”:
DDE to Marshall, Aug. 24, 1943, George C. Marshall (9) folder, box 80, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
17
“I believe that he is cured”:
Ibid.
18
apologized to those involved:
Patton feigned contrition but did not mean it. Writing home to his “Darling B,” he expressed anger toward Pearson for reporting the slapping but offered no remorse for his own actions. Similarly, in a letter to Henry Stimson, secretary of war, Patton admitted that “my method was too forthright” and explained that Eisenhower had “very rightly” called his attention to the negative effect of his actions on public opinion. In that same letter, however, Patton described the man he slapped as a “cur” who was “skulking” and “by his cowardice … forcing other loyal and brave men to do his duty” (diaries for Nov. 1943, letters of Nov. 25 and 27, 1943, box 11, Patton Papers).
19
Patton’s latent anti-Semitism:
Patton in his diary referred to Jews as “lower than animals” (Diary entry for Sept. 15, 1945, p. 751) and as having “no sense of human relationships” (entry for Sept. 16, 1945, p. 754). And, when criticized in the press in 1945 after comparing the Nazi party to Republicans or Democrats, he observed in his diary that “there is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press” (Blumenson,
Patton
, pp. 281 and 287, as well as Diary entry for Sept. 22, 1945, p. 766).
20
“a report from you”:
DDE to Patton, telegram, Sept. 25, 1945, Patton (1) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
21
“Now the horrors of peace”:
Blumenson,
Patton
, p. 280.
22
“I have lost”:
DDE to Bea Patton, cable, Dec. 21, 1945, Patton (1) folder, box 91, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
23
“It might be advisable”:
Conner to DDE, Oct. 6 (no year in original), Fox Conner folder, box 27, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
24
the crisis passed:
D’Este,
Eisenhower
, pp. 161–64.
25
those that Conner had created:
Brown and Skates, “Fox Conner.”
26
“Complete victory”:
Ibid.
27
Mamie hated bats:
DDE,
At Ease
, p. 184. See also oral history interview with Mamie, p. 19.
28
far away and homesick:
Mamie to her parents, Dec. 16, 1922, Family Letters 1922, box 1, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
29
“not the best introduction”:
DDE,
At Ease
, p. 184.
30
“you have to start the ignition”:
Susan Eisenhower,
Mrs. Ike
, p. 80.
31
attempt to hold on to her:
Ibid., p. 83.
32
“Am finally getting Ike housebroken again”:
Mamie to her parents, n.d., marked “Thursday,” box 3, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
33
“He gave the appearance of being leisurely”:
Brown and Skates, “Fox Conner.”
34
“Clausewitz all the way”:
John Eisenhower, exchange with author, Sept. 27, 2010.
35
would test Europe before long:
DDE, interview with Pat Morin, Aug. 5, 1965, AP-1 Pat Morin folder, box 2, 1965 Principal File, Post-presidential Papers, DDEPL.
36
“Dealing with the enemy”:
Brown and Skates, “Fox Conner.”
37
“More and more in the last few days”:
DDE to Conner, July 4, 1942, Conner folder, box 27, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
38
“I still long for opportunities”:
DDE to Virginia Conner, Dec. 26, 1943, Cond–Connol (Misc.) folder, box 18, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
39
“no one influenced me as much”:
DDE, oral history interview with Forrest C. Pogue, OH 10, p. 6, DDEPL.
40
wherever they were located, bear his name:
DDE,
At Ease
, p. 214.
41
move on ragged marchers:
DDE, interview with Morin, Aug. 5, 1965.
42
“Get him away”:
DDE, oral history interview with Henle, OH 106, p. 3.
43
“That mob was a very angry looking one”: Washington Post
, July 29, 1932.
44
just lost the 1932 election:
Lisio,
President and Protest
, p. xiii.
45
for waiting so long:
Clippings from Bonus March folder, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.
46
Reluctantly, he went:
DDE,
At Ease
, p. 219.
47
unexpected effects on their mission:
DDE,
Diaries
, p. 18.
48
“He is tickled pink”:
Ibid., p. 21.
49
“Oh hell”:
Ibid., p. 22.
50
“He had an obsession”:
DDE, oral history interview with James, OH 501, p. 5.
51
“The best leadership”:
DDE to John, July 29, 1952, Eisenhower Writings 1952 (1), box 2, Personal Papers of Whitman.
52
“Best clerk I ever had”:
William Manchester,
American Caesar
, p. 182. See also Korda,
Ike
, p. 227.
53
just across the border:
Mamie to her family, Dec. 4, 1941, Family Letters (3), box 3, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
54
“I’ll give you one name”:
Atkinson,
Army at Dawn
, p. 43.
55
“The Chief”:
DDE, oral history interview with Pogue, OH 10, p. 3.
56
made vegetable soup:
John Eisenhower, exchange with author, Sept. 30, 2010.
57
hunt for a place to live:
Mamie to her family, Dec. 20, 1941, Family Letters (3), box 3, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
58
“spoiled rotten”:
Mamie to her family, July 15, 1929, Family Letters 1929 (2), box 1, Barbara Eisenhower Papers.
59
excellence in a promising officer:
DDE, interview with Morin, Aug. 5, 1965.
60
“Yes, sir”:
Ibid.
61
“I’m sorry, too”:
Marshall to Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, April 22, 1944, George Marshall Papers, quoted in Perry,
Partners in Command
, p. 19.
62
“our general line of action”:
DDE,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 18.
63
“Of course,” Marshall replied:
DDE, interview with Morin, Aug. 5, 1965, p. 21.
64
“I have never pondered”:
Ibid.
65
“They may excuse failure”:
DDE,
Crusade in Europe
, p. 22.
66
“seemingly hopeless”:
DDE, interview with Morin, Aug. 5, 1965, p. 21.
67
“I agree with you”:
Ibid.
68
“Here’s the man who can fight”:
DDE, oral history interview with Pogue, OH 10, p. 5.
69
open to improvisation:
DDE, interview with Morin, Aug. 5, 1965.
70
“marked ability and conspicuous success”:
Pearson is quoted in D’Este,
Eisenhower
, p. 279; the formal recognition comes from U.S. Decorations and Certificates, box 163, Principal File, Pre-presidential Papers.