Re: Lest We Forget...
How Ike wanted to be remembered. He said all would remember him as a President of the United States but few would remember him as a great General of WWII. For this reason, he wanted to be buried in a simple Army casket and wearing his uniform.
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/a...inal_post.html
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