Ike delivered the ceremonial first pitch in the 1956 World Series. Other notables nearby include Casey Stengel, Walter O'Malley and Walt Alston.
President Eisenhower was the Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. He understood a thing or two about leadership, about war, and about human nature. He was astute, as a General should be, to recognize the human qualities that gave strength to our military units. "One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that there are no rules to war. Our men were raised in sports, where a referee runs a football game, or an umpire a baseball game, and so forth." - Remarks at the Conference of the National Women's Advisory Committee on Civil Defense, October 26, 1954 One of the things Ike knew that was not difficult for our troops was that those sports known by our men instilled the vital military concept of teamwork. Have a great evening!
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