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Remembering Ike
A new memorial is being planned in Washington, D.C., to
honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s military service,
leadership, and lifetime of public service.
A
farm boy from Kansas, he lishing NASA and the FAA.
attended the U.S. Military Acad- The cost of the project, start-
emy, West Point, N.Y., and served ed in 1999 by Congress, is es-
as an offi cer in World War I. He was ap- timated to be more than $75
pointed supreme commander of the Al- million, which is to be raised
lied forces in Europe during World War through private sources.
II and oversaw the D-day invasion of Visit www.eisenhower
Normandy. He also served two terms as
memorial.org to learn more.
president of the U.S.
Now, Dwight D. Eisenhower will be New Air Force
honored with a memorial in Washington, Exhibit Opens
D.C. Almost 10 years after the memorial
T
he National Mu-
was initiated, offi cials have narrowed the seum of the U.S.
search for a designer to four fi nalists, who Air Force at Wright-
include Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners Patterson AFB, Ohio, has
LLP; Ron Krueck of Krueck and Sexton; opened a new exhibit called
Robert Rogers and Jonathan Marvel of “Warrior Airmen.” The ex-
Rogers Marvel Architects; and Peter hibit highlights how today’s
Walker of PWP Landscape Architecture. airmen are contributing to the war on Army Gen. Dwight
“One of these designers will have the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq and D. Eisenhower
opportunity to bring Ike’s legacy of in- includes more than 400 artifacts, three meets with U.S. para-
tegrity, leadership, and public service to dioramas, an audiovisual presentation on troopers in England
the forefront of American thought,” says a 15-foot-wide screen, and fi rsthand ac- before the Invasion of
Carl Reddel, executive director of the counts from airmen. Normandy in 1944.
Eisenhower Memorial Commission. The fi rst section is dedicated to Air
After considering potential locations, Force special operations forces, such as
the commission selected a four-acre site, pararescuemen, tactical air controllers,
appropriately located across from the and combat weather personnel. The next
Smithsonian National Air and Space Mu- section highlights other ground opera-
seum; Eisenhower is credited with estab- tions airmen perform, and the fi nal section
demonstrates how pilots and aircrews
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
provide close air support, fl y rescue air-
a73 On April 27, 1822, Ulysses S. Grant was
craft, and drop bombs on target.
born. He commanded the Union army during
All of the uniforms, items, and photos
the Civil War and became president in 1869. It
were donated by airmen who served in Iraq
was 84 years before another general, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, became president.
or Afghanistan. Offi cials expect more than
1 million visitors a year to the exhibit. MO
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