Comments on: Training for war in the summer of 1941…and the making of a future Supreme Commander http://www.armchairgeneral.com/training-for-war-in-the-summer-of-1941and-the-making-of-a-future-supreme-commander.htm All things military history! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Thomas B. Albright http://www.armchairgeneral.com/training-for-war-in-the-summer-of-1941and-the-making-of-a-future-supreme-commander.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24363 Thomas B. Albright Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:12:55 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?page=1&p=3508#comment-24363 I have documented in my writings Eisenhower's comments about his life in his book "Things I Tell My Friends' about his early career. He gave credit to his meteoric rise to a newspaper reporter, Drew Pearson. Eisenhower wrote that Pearson gave him credit that belonged to General Krueger. One may note that Eisenhower received 6 promotions from Colonel to 5-star General in 2 years and 4 months. The usual promotion in those years was once in 4 years. But, wars need heroes. It is not noticed that both Eisenhower and Kennedy knew that the 1960 election hinged on the lie of the booster gap. (I worked on Minuteman from the start.) This threw the election to Kennedy. Did Nixon's later knowledge of the truth lead to Watergate? We will never know. I have documented in my writings Eisenhower’s comments about his life in his book “Things I Tell My Friends’ about his early career.
He gave credit to his meteoric rise to a newspaper reporter, Drew Pearson. Eisenhower wrote that Pearson gave him credit that belonged to General Krueger.

One may note that Eisenhower received 6 promotions from Colonel to 5-star General in 2 years and 4 months. The usual promotion in those years was once in 4 years. But, wars need heroes.

It is not noticed that both Eisenhower and Kennedy knew that the 1960 election hinged on the lie of the booster gap. (I worked on Minuteman from the start.) This threw the election to Kennedy.

Did Nixon’s later knowledge of the truth lead to Watergate?
We will never know.

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