I Like Ike, Now
I was driving down I-70 and saw a sign at Abiline, KS - Eisenhower Museum and Library. I camped two nights at the Covered wagon Inn. After passing the museum several times, I stopped. The young boy born in Texas was moved with his parents to Abilene, Kansas. In my afternoon there I learned the stars were aligned for General Ike then President Ike. The young Ike tripped on the sideway in Abilene and dusted himself off and went home. Soon he had blood poisoning, his leg swoll up and the doctor said they would have to amputate. Before he went into a coma, the young general gave his first command - this time to his brother, later thousands, “Do not let the doctors in not matter what!” His brother slept at the door for four days and did not let the doctors come in. If not the doctor would have cut off his leg and no military career. Mother finally said whatever is God’s will. Of course he lived. When a junior in high school the funds were cut off for athletics. He loved his...
