Rocking Chair Now For General Eisenhower
Received Rundav, 7 p.i^. W ASH 1 N GTO X , Feb. 7. Genei'al Eisenhower retires from the Arniy to-day and will.spend two months "just sitting in a rockingchair, ' i trying to rought out the draft of his memoirs before lie takes up the^iresidencv of Columltia Fniversitv, New York. General Eisenhower, at a press conference, declared readiness to serve his country in the hour of need, but tlnvt he did not inelude politics. He added: "1 am not going to say any
s t u fl}1 goodbye to the troops. I will just tell tliem 1 By llud you liave done a great job.' " General Eisenhower will be sueceed cd as Chief of Staff Jiy General Omai Bradley. General Eisenhower said the greatest experience of his niilitary career was the successl'ul landing of two American airborne divisions at Cherbourg Penin sula on D Day. He ordered the air borne attack against warnings from liis technical advis-ers who claimed lie miglit be responsible "for the sttipid murder of 20,000 young Americans. " .General Eisenhower 'added : "I know ] 3 roni the niilitary standpoint the Clier- | bourg action was absolutelv essential jif the Normandy lieachhead was to )>e j seeured. AYhen I heard it was sueeessful it inade the greatest day of my | J ife. ' '
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1948, Page 5
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