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although area residents never expected to be at the forefront of that controversy
and it is told here completely for the first time
Knight details his daring and resourceful experiences
December 2016
Democracy demanded it
Becoming Eisenhower: How Ike Rose from Obscurity to Supreme Allied Commander (Michael Lee Lanning - WH) horizon although area residents never expectedby Michael Lee Lanning When Dwight Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915, few would have predicted he was destined for greatness. A middling student, he was denied his first choice of posting, missed overseas service in World War I, spent a dozen years as a major, and never commanded a unit larger than a battalion. Yet the young officer made the most of the opportunities he was given, made a lasting impression on superiors including George