Ike's Soldiers

A movement to collect the stories of Veterans from World War II & Eisenhower’s legacy of leading the allied forces to victory. @eisenhowerfoundation

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We were thrilled to announce that the interview with former senator and World War II Veteran, Bob Dole is now available: https://t.co/oaPoDxOJx2

Special thanks to @WitnessToWar for helping us collect this story! #ikessoldiers #ilikeike

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The Ike's Soldiers Twitter page is moving! Please follow us at the Eisenhower Foundation Twitter page @EisenhowerFound so you don't miss out on the inspiring stories from the Greatest Generation!

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Polish resistance fighter, Jaroslaw “Jarek” Piekałkiewicz, now professor at @UnivOfKansas, shares his experience of combating fascism & saving Jews in #WWII. "That sounds like a very easy thing to do, but it was dangerous." https://t.co/kxP6gPfdIr

Thank you for your service!

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Walter Sommers, #WWII Veteran & #Holocaust "witness," volunteers his time & shares his story. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in Dec, 1920, Sommers & his family fled Germany weeks after the Night of Broken Glass. Sommers joined the @USArmy. https://t.co/aja5yMvI6D

@HolocaustMuseum

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In this year's @RoseParade "the award-winning Chinese American Heritage Foundation float honored #WorldWarII #veterans, the 75th anniversary of the allied victory. The 75' float depicted 6 iconic moments from the war."

Veterans, we salute you!

Source: @LosAngelesTimes

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After he got to England, the Battle of the Bulge started and he was positioned as gunner in a tank of 5 men including himself. However, the worst was yet to come. 2/2 https://t.co/fsjziJv3Tz

#preserve #honor #educate #WWII

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#OTD the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, we honor all #WWII #Veterans. Sergeant Army Medical Corps, Donald S. Marquard, shares his experience "...we were literally in panic. Convoys moved in all directions." Read more: https://t.co/eqMymQmKc6

@USArmy @WWIImuseum

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"The first one to 'chicken out' would find himself at a crucial disadvantage," shared Jim Carl, Lieutenant Colonial, @usairforce, flew 86 combat missions with the Red Ass Squadron and won two Distinguished Flying Crosses. Read more: https://t.co/b3mHJw47KG

#WWII #Veterans

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Rosie the Riveter became a cultural icon of the USA, representing American women who worked in factories during #WorldWarII.

Meet Virginia Ball, a feisty Rosie who delighted us with her presence this past summer. Listen to her story: https://t.co/eW5vkPg6sz

#WorkingWomen

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"My station was on top of the ship. One of the incidents in Guadalcanal, 120 Japanese planes attacked us,” Joe Pozzo, World War II @USNavy Veteran shared. https://t.co/41Wc4q5dUN

#WWII #Veteran

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"On Dec. 7, 1941, Harry Moyer was headed home after playing football at a park when news of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor arrived. He was a college student ... training to become a pilot..." @usairforce https://t.co/HPhnJgTCSq

#OTD #Veterans #WWII #NeverForget

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Thank you so much to everyone who donated to Ike’s Field Trip Fund on #GivingTuesday. We are excited to support new programs & share Ike’s life and legacy with students and teachers! Donations are accepted year-round: https://t.co/kVoA9O9UwK

#ILikeIke #MyGivingStory #FieldTrips

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“You have got to have something in which to believe. You have got to have leaders, organization, friendships & contacts that help you to believe that & help you to put out your best." --Ike

On #GivingTuesday support Ike’s Field Trip Fund: https://t.co/kVoA9O9UwK @IkeLibrary

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"I just knew in my heart that some of us were not going to make it," Ray Lambert, World War II Army medic shared.
Listen to the whole interview: https://t.co/ekK5v4j7LG

#WWII #Veterans

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President-elect Eisenhower visited Korea #OTD in 1952 for 3 days meeting troops & learning about the situation firsthand. Just 7 months into office, negotiations resulted in a settlement that returned both North & South Korea to their pre-war borders. Conflict ended. #ILikeIke

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#OTD Thanksgiving in 1954, #POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower issued Proclamation 3077 that read in part, “With gratitude in our hearts for all our blessings, ... and may we rededicate ourselves to unselfish striving for the common betterment of mankind.”

#ILikeIke #GivingThanks

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Jim Sharp, a World War II Veteran from Manhattan, Kansas, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge with the @1stInfantry Division, shared his full story with Ike’s Soldiers and @WitnessToWar. Watch at: https://t.co/oU1dvifY5p.

#ILikeIke #WWII #Veteran #BattleOfTheBulge @USArmy

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In June former 4-star Gen. Richard Myers, @usairforce & Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, & now president of @KState, & Louis Graziano, veteran of WWII & witness of the formal surrender of Germany to end #WWII met at @IkeLibrary. Hear interview with Louis: https://t.co/xB5RRM3vTc

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“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower

#ILikeIke #WisdomWednesday

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THANK YOU for your service! https://t.co/LUiqH4SQ6i

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Hats off to this World War II veteran, birthday boy and @Jayhawk! https://t.co/EeR37VO6P8