would again see the faces that meant they had made it home alive. It is in his letters that we find the kindness, and the heart of a great man. He states in one, “My little dog took sick just before I left London and I had to leave him behind. I haven’t had any report of his condition which worries me, because I miss having him around”(Eisenhower 60). Dwight rarely wrote to Mamie about the thoughts that clouded his mind. Instead he is more interested in what she is thinking. He is a man that set aside his feelings for a moment and locks them away so that he may ease the mind of others. In another letter he writes, “Since I cannot even guess at how much the home newspapers print of this affair, I don’t know what your particular mental picture of it may be.”(Eisenhower 62). The war would continue on, and his mind often would picture his beautiful wife, standing on the porch of their home in Gettysburg. The only thing the young man didn’t know was that when the war was over his life would get even more hectic. (Stassen)Dwight Eisenhower is greatly thanked for his actions in the war by receiving the medals that dangle from his chest. The successful invasions into North Africa and Sicily were the strong points in the turning of the war. On May 7, 1945, Dwight Eisenhower stood proud for his country, along with thousands of troops, in Rheims, Germany, as the Nazi forces surrendered. The war was over, and it was time to go back. Back home to his loving wife and his family. Ike had a feeling that it would not be long until another struggle would surface. And it was not long after that the cold war and the fear of the atom was to rise against the peace of the world (Ambrose). As a general in the army, you could see his “down home country upbringing” in his men. He liked the fact that they called him Ike, “When they called me Ike, I knew everything was going well”...
