With the u. S. Army command general Staff College in for the eleven worth on marking 75 years since world war ii. It also comes in the middle of the librarys partnership from january through may with the eisenhower president ial Library Foundation in ablene. And its on the Dwight Eisenhower exhibit up on the second floor art gallery here at the library, the mountain gallery. And we have a series of programs running on Dwight Eisenhower through may. Next one of those, in fact, is next wednesday. Tonight we focus on eisenhower and George Marshall. The army chief of staff who targeted ike for advancement as a military officer, keen eye for talent, because among others, with ike, you know, he spied george patton. He spied omar bradley and he became one of ikes primary mentors as the army chief of staff from 1939 to 1945. Marshall of course went on to become the secretary of state and win a noble peace prize. David mills assistant of military history and has phd in history from north Dakota
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commander in the fifth artillery when summerall was in the fifth artillery. and robert l. roland who later became fellow commander of the first division and also a corps commander in the aes. both of these were very strong influences on summerall s early career. fortunately braley was killed in the speech of picking, but very interestingly and somewhat touching me, henry j. raley junior became a field artillery regimental commander in the summerall s brigade and division during world war i and summerall became a mentor to henry raley junior. alvin barton who was his aid during the war. well there was an emergency became an oil oilfield executive in oklahoma after the work, but again remained a lifelong friend of summerall. his memoir is always candid, i think, sometimes self-serving. generally candid, particularly about the people he associated with, those the light like o reilly and bullard and butler and those that he didn t get along with the well, including joseph t. di