Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1948 — Page 42

~ Eisenhower Was My Boss—

lke Relaxed On Horseback

Eisenhower Took Exercise Under Gen. Marshall’s Orders

By Kay Summersby

wr INSTALLMENT 14 MOVING AROUND again after my release, I found things had changed for the better at the front. And Gen. Eisenhower had finally surrendered fo-Bulch's per petual suggestion, prompted by Gen. Marshall's direct orders, the Supreme Commander take better care of himself. He acquired the use of a villa-farm about 15 miles outside of Algiers, a secluded

and rather run-down place Which gier “slag jieutenant to Adm. Cunoverlooked the sea and provided jingham, telephoned. “Kay,” he access to wooded land. lsaid, “I understand you play a It was ideal for the horseback|good game of ping-pong. The adexercise Gen. Marshall advised; miral would like you to come to Gen. Arthur Wilson supplied the|qinner tomorrow “night.” x horseflesh. There were three of Jt was a strange invitation, I them, all Arab stallions, the first), st he the only girl ever invited stallions I had ever ridden, chest-\15 dinner with an admiral because nut in color and with the pecu-'( piay ping-pong. Naturally, I acliarly short ears and flowing cepted, But the evening was commane and tail of Arab breeds. |njcated by an earlier invitation, The General and I went riding which I had accepted, to attend frequently. It was a treat for me yp, first party in the wardroom because I had loved and Known ,e tne Maidstone, mother-ship for horses since childhood and €n- gps That bid had come from joyed the jaunts with my boss. g,.,ey Hawkes, the charming He, for his part, learned to aC-pyi4ich navy captain who permitcept riding as a complete relaxa- 4 ,¢ girjg to bathe—secretly— tion and, 1 suspect, welcomed thei , 4 the Maidstone whenever

re ABC, as they always referred, “But I guess your late arrival at

Adm. Si drew Brown ./the Admiral’s place was the top- 't mean to Bir An e Cun per.” “We've had it, Kay. Old All this doesn’t daily life] tack. (“If we're ever attacked,”

ningham. “You couldn't have ,p~ ,.. Just ./in those early months of 1943 was, “dam? put out an order: I told the Boss one day, “don’t chosen a worse time to be late ™ 0" omen aboard the/® Say social whirl. Most of mY wait for me to open the door for] On May 20 we motored over toiaster hour.

heat and the constant fear of air

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change from the gre Present our water supply at the villa military. Whenever we pe failed. Barney also kept® our iroops in training, Re ped spirits up on low evenings by Kicked my horse and £ |having us down for luxurious away. navy dinners. So I couldn't run he General was ’ : | a Aithough ts I riding uniform, out on that invitation. resse bright old cavalry In satiating compromise, I hur-| from mirror-brig hat sporting, fied down to the ship that next| boots hi an Oveloeay ia hire night to join the other civilian) four stars, RT ors, sent from §irls, WACs, nurses, and British and a pair of } WRENS in a quick drink before|

Arab girl and it ill-behooved me ney to stick around and embarrass the! BUT AN AIR RAID sabotaged

» » DUTY PERMITTING, we went 0 idn't bring myself to brave out riding three or four times & omg and shrapnel in order to week. Butch came along one day|,. on time for Adm. Cunningbut retreated to Algiers half ani... ginner, Besides, I thought, hour later, muttering that he Wasi; y,., the car at the dockside a seafaring man. Peg Chase, ani ,,q .4n make the trip in no time old friend from the Red Cross,,¢ aj 1 relaxed and stopped was an occasional companion, as watching the clock. was Tex Lee. | The instant that raid ended, I When the atabrine treatment, ....q ashore—only to find a

rould have walked through our| ... ,.sembled a refugee from a linés without even a fist fight OF|gnyyarg, Its glass windows were

greenest buck private 2nd Oe 200d; the inside was littered with lan, everyone took the first GOS€|,.q of debris, dust, salt water

and headquarters staffs alike]

among the victims, but only that|, , , ptedly the first person who of my unique standing and se-| ..;. in his entire navy career.

est touch of malaria, mirth. He didn’t say much.

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General whenever he passed \hat plan. Sitting there in lovely) troops. . (navy comfort, with amiable com-| . anions and a cool drink, Ij

fit North Africa, the Germans .. catastrophe. The generals ;

an unkind word. From the 8u- smashed jagged, and gaping; : ’ ’ ping; & preme Commander down to the hrapnel had dented fenders and §

under direct orders, Line troops... .- even seaweed and sea-§

were laid so low with nausea A passing MP. rushed._me. up 3

that the dose was cut at once to, "0" oy ] i . . nningham’s’ villa: I § half a pill every third day. I was| was more than two W§purs late, |g

once; thereafter I took advantage, .. .o openly insulted him, so- |

cretly stuck to my bottle oflv.i to fistened to m ¥ tal 3 quinine. I never had the slight-| ip interest ang ing es

o » o MY SAME unique civilian] THAT NEXT DAY I arranged status, however, led to trouble|tb have the car repaired in a Hurwith the Royal Navy. It all be-{ry, no one the wiser. But Barney gan one night when Lieut. Dam-| Fawkes called to break sad news

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES a SUNDAY, NOV. 14, 1948 to a dinner party since. {ad the trucks and the growing patches of Italian prisoners offtle area, let alone in his imme-

war, ha and even jubilant |diate vicinity. We all baked in PRY even 3u tat the merciless heat, sizziing to the

their war was over. point of collapse, hour after hour

away with the party.” He paused. And I don’t think I've been late passion—the mud and the dust tured. On a trip forward I saw|women anywhere in his vast bat-| (copyright, 1948, by Kay Summersby)

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