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  2. Kay Summersby - Wikipedia

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    Kathleen Helen Summersby BEM (née MacCarthy-Morrogh; 23 November 1908 – 20 January 1975), known as Kay Summersby, was a member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps during World War II, who served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower during his period as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in command of the Allied forces in north west Europe.

  3. Ike (miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, mostly focusing on his time as Supreme Commander in Europe during World War II. The screenplay , written by Melville Shavelson , was based on Kay Summersby 's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past ...

  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Dwight David Eisenhower [a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United ...

  5. Ike: Countdown to D-Day - Wikipedia

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    In December 1943, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower meets with Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss the forthcoming land invasion of western Europe. Eisenhower threatens to resign his newly appointed command as Supreme Commander of SHAEF unless he is given control of all airborne operations, citing the need to dictate where and how strategic bombing operations are carried out.

  6. Tony winner John Rubinstein stars in Richard Hellesen's biographical drama "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," a Theatre West and New L.A. Repertory presentation at the Hudson MainStage Theatre.

  7. Draft Eisenhower movement - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower's close friend, investment dealer Clifford Roberts, referred to "Citizens for Eisenhower" as a name under which "all the mavericks can gather". [54] The "Ike for President" political advertisement by the Citizens for Eisenhower committee. Republican admirers coined the phrase "I Like Ike" (referring to Eisenhower's nickname, "Ike"). [55]

  8. 1952 Republican National Convention - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower and Nixon stand with others on the convention hall stage. Senator Richard M. Nixon's speech at a state Republican Party fundraiser in New York City on May 8, 1952, impressed Governor Thomas E. Dewey, who was an Eisenhower supporter and had formed a pro-Eisenhower delegation from New York to attend the national convention. [9]

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