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Rarest V-E Day artifacts at auction, highlighting D-Day anniversary
The highlights of the online auction are documents chronicling the surrender of Nazi Germany and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s ...
'The eyes of the world are upon you': Eisenhower's D-Day order inspires 80 years later
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower recorded a speech broadcast in Europe on D-Day but it's the text of his Order of the Day from June ...
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A Jacket, a Coin, a Letter − Relics of Omaha Beach Battle Tell the Story of D-Day 80 Years Later
Dwight D. Eisenhower at the bottom ... The U.S. Army issued new assault jackets to troops that helped hold additional supplies, but the garments proved a hindrance to fighting and surviving ...
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In Addition to Painting His Portrait, Chadds Ford’s Andrew Wyeth Gifted a Watercolor to President Eisenhower
During his visit to Gettysburg to paint the portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, renowned Chadds ... hour every day for five days in his favorite jacket of straw-colored silk. The resulting portrait ...
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10 Facts About Dwight D. Eisenhower
1. HIS BIRTH NAME WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSING. We all recognize him as Dwight D. Eisenhower, but his birth name was David Dwight. The future president shared his father ...