EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Lithographic photograph inscribed and signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"), as former President, also signed by BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ("Montgomery of Alamein F. M."), n. p., n.d.
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Lithographic photograph inscribed and signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"), as former President, also signed by BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ("Montgomery of Alamein F. M."), n. p., n.d. 10¾ x 7 7/8 in., a leaf from a periodical excerpt of Crusade in Europe, printed text on verso. Signed by each man above his image. Inscribed by Eisenhower, "For 'Skipper' Showalter Best wishes from." [ With :] 5 August 1965 TLS from Eisenhower's executive assistant, Robert L. Scultz, to Showalter, enclosing the signed photo. A WARTIME SHOT OF IKE WITH MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. A very unusual and striking image of Ike and Monty, most likely taken in the bitter cold winter of 1944-45. Both men are standing in the open, atop a U. S. Army vehicle, each wearing a heavy overcoat and scarf. A sharp wind appears to be straining their faces. Strain being the operative word. The campaigns in Normandy, the Ardennes and the Rhine valley were the most fraught chapters in the long, tense relationship between these two commanders. Monty considered himself Ike's superior in military smarts and ability. The American's "ignorance as to how to run a war," Monty said, "is absolute and complete." The Americans in turn accused Monty of over-caution if not cowardice in the aftermath of the Bulge, as he refused to throw his troops into an all-out counter-offensive. Recriminations about the slow march to Berlin bedeviled Allied commanders, and continue among historians today.
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Lithographic photograph inscribed and signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"), as former President, also signed by BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ("Montgomery of Alamein F. M."), n. p., n.d.
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. Lithographic photograph inscribed and signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower"), as former President, also signed by BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ("Montgomery of Alamein F. M."), n. p., n.d. 10¾ x 7 7/8 in., a leaf from a periodical excerpt of Crusade in Europe, printed text on verso. Signed by each man above his image. Inscribed by Eisenhower, "For 'Skipper' Showalter Best wishes from." [ With :] 5 August 1965 TLS from Eisenhower's executive assistant, Robert L. Scultz, to Showalter, enclosing the signed photo. A WARTIME SHOT OF IKE WITH MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. A very unusual and striking image of Ike and Monty, most likely taken in the bitter cold winter of 1944-45. Both men are standing in the open, atop a U. S. Army vehicle, each wearing a heavy overcoat and scarf. A sharp wind appears to be straining their faces. Strain being the operative word. The campaigns in Normandy, the Ardennes and the Rhine valley were the most fraught chapters in the long, tense relationship between these two commanders. Monty considered himself Ike's superior in military smarts and ability. The American's "ignorance as to how to run a war," Monty said, "is absolute and complete." The Americans in turn accused Monty of over-caution if not cowardice in the aftermath of the Bulge, as he refused to throw his troops into an all-out counter-offensive. Recriminations about the slow march to Berlin bedeviled Allied commanders, and continue among historians today.
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