Founded on integrity and wisdom and courage. We have sought a leader who is of the people. A man raised to leadership by the people. A leader whose whole life was for the people. A sturdy, humble heir to the respect and affection. Such a man is general ike, dwight d. Eisenhower, the man from abilene. Yesterday humble air to the respective affection such a man is like deed wise and how are the man from abilene. The 100 millimeter million americans know eisenhower the way you know a neighbor, you know my heart. Why do we cheer for him . Not because he is a general but instinctively we believe him and hail him as a hometown boy who is all the best of america. His roots are in the heartland, main street usa. I come here first to thank to say the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. [applause] i want to speak first of the dreams of a barefoot boy. Above all he may reach the position of locomotive engineer. Always in his dreams is that day when finally he comes home, comes h
[explosions] norway and luxembourg. Armies were in desperate retreat. The German Air Force was raining death and destruction on england. Combined italian and German Forces were menacing egypt. Their objective to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all of north africa. In asia, japanese air and Ground Forward in driving their bloody conquest of china. Only one of the worlds major ers was still not at war the United States. It was a sunday afternoon in december 1941, and the statue of liberty towered serenely over new york harbor. As if she was the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling free world. Afternoon in new york, Early Morning in hawaii at another restedwhere ships dockside. Planes with cold engines stood by at nearby hickam field when denly, without warning [explosions] the immediate Japanese Military outctive was to knock navalates air power and air power in the pacific in one stroke. They were convinced we were incapable of fighting a twofront war. The japanese
country. [ applause [ applause ] this year america will recognize two important an verse anniversaries that show us the power of american pride. in june, we mark 75 years since the start of what general dwight diaz called the great crusade, the allied liberation of europe in world war ii. [ applause [ applause ] on d-day june 6th, 1944,