Editor’s Note: In 2009 while covering the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, our group toured Southwick House in England, located about five miles north of Portsmouth, before we crossed the English Channel to Normandy. Gen. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, had his headquarters for the D-Day invasion there. The Map Room in the house…
People of WWII: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, speaks to soldiers on June 5, 1944 as they prepare to deploy for the D-Day invasion. (Photo: Library of Congress)