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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.
The surviving sons then paid Eisenhower's longtime friend Naomi Engle to move in with Eisenhower, as a caretaker and companion. [9] Dwight Eisenhower, then fully engaged in the management of World War II, was unable to attend his father's funeral, or to see his mother at all until 1944. [9] In 1945, Eisenhower was named Kansas Mother of the ...
Mamie and Dwight Eisenhower with Indonesian President Sukarno. Eisenhower became first lady as the position first began to present a national public image. [10] She maligned the attention associated with the role, insisting that her husband was the public figure of the family and generally refusing to take on duties outside the White House. [7]
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 States, serving from 1953 to 1961.
Statues of Dwight D. Eisenhower (3 P) Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Dwight D. Eisenhower" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
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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 ...