“I'm going to command the whole shebang.”

—  Dwight D. Eisenhower

Comment to his wife Mamie, after being informed by George Marshall that he would be in command of Operation Overlord, as quoted in Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life (2003) by Carlo D'Este, p. 307
1940s

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American general and politician, 34th president of the Unit… 1890–1969

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