Dwight D. Eisenhower
- graduated from west point in 1915
-became supreme commander of NATO ( the North American treaty organization)
-served many different positions and locations before World War Two
-lead Allied invasion of Europe in 1944
-served U.S. presidency from 1952-1960
- graduated from west point in 1915
-became supreme commander of NATO ( the North American treaty organization)
-served many different positions and locations before World War Two
-lead Allied invasion of Europe in 1944
-served U.S. presidency from 1952-1960
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity"
- Eisenhower
George S. Patton
-ablest and most controversial U.S commander in World War Two
-presented himself as modern day cavalryman
-during the Sicilian campaign Patton struck a hospitalized G.I. who he accused of being malinger
-Dwight Eisenhower had to reprimand him
-he was an expert in tank command
-under his command the Third Army swept into Germany
-December 1945 Patton was killed in automobile accident
-ablest and most controversial U.S commander in World War Two
-presented himself as modern day cavalryman
-during the Sicilian campaign Patton struck a hospitalized G.I. who he accused of being malinger
-Dwight Eisenhower had to reprimand him
-he was an expert in tank command
-under his command the Third Army swept into Germany
-December 1945 Patton was killed in automobile accident
"compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance"
-Patton
Anthony C. McAuliffe
-commander of Division Artillery of the 101st airborne Division
-know for his famous reply to General Hasso von Manteueffel: "NUTS"
-1945 he commanded the 103rd Division until the end of the war
-commander of Division Artillery of the 101st airborne Division
-know for his famous reply to General Hasso von Manteueffel: "NUTS"
-1945 he commanded the 103rd Division until the end of the war