European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower then supreme Allied commander Europe smiles at German boys who had stared while Ike a French Convoy halted in Dornheim near Gross Gerau during an autumn exercise in 1951. Behind him is it. Col. Vernon Walters the shape commanders interpreter in French. Today Walters is . Ambassador to West Germany. Remembering Ike the Man from Abilene greatness called general of the army. If the words a Quot All i needed was a Chance Quot a Ever needed a supreme example they found it in the Man whose Ruddy face seemed carved straight out of the american heartland. Dwight David Eisenhower was born in 1890, and in this Centennial year of his birth various ceremonies Are being held in 14 countries to commemorate the Soldier statesman who said he always answered More continued on Page 14 sunday june 3, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13 by Don Tate staff writer just before Pearl Harbor the fellow with the Grin that spread like a summer Sunrise Over the Kansas Plains was so Little known he was identified in a newspaper As one . Erse being. Earlier in 1941, before americans entry into world War ii he was an obscure 50-year-old lieutenant colonel temporary seemingly going nowhere least of All into the history books As one of the prime movers of the 20th Century. By december 1943, he was a military Horatio Alger Riding a rocket Over the top. His shoulders gleamed with four stars and his Heady new title was supreme commander Allied expeditionary forces. In another year he would be wearing five stars and rum Roll to
