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" The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn. "
John Eisenhower
Serving
Afghanistan
Soldiers
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" Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier. "
John Eisenhower
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" In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments. "
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" My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain. "
John Eisenhower
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" Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position, if you will. But in the air, I had no name; to the Federal Aviation Agency I was simply Comanche Nine-Nine POP. The quality of my landings, navigation and judgment were mine alone. "
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Done
Quality
You
" When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general. "
John Eisenhower
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Temporary
General
" I was a lieutenant in World War II. "
John Eisenhower
World War II
World
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" My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life. "
John Eisenhower
Army
My Life
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" As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. "
John Eisenhower
Election
Years
I Am
" I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there. "
John Eisenhower
Believe
Combat
Children