How Eisenhower, armed with only a typewriter, planned the US response to Pearl Harbor

[The Patriot]

How Eisenhower, armed with only a typewriter, planned the US response to Pearl Harbor

12-07-2019 12:59 PM

Then-Brig. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower awoke to an urgent call from military higher-ups informing him of the news from Pearl Harbor. Four hectic, harried days after that, Eisenhower received another call - this one demanding he "hop a plane" and travel to Washington to develop the U.S. response to Japanese aggression.


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