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Dwight Eisenhower autograph letter signed from Europe during WWII. He writes to his wife, Mamie, trying to put to rest rumors he is having an affair with his driver, Kay Summersby. His letter, dated simply 28 February, reads in part: ''My darling...when I came back from a visit to the boys that are living in the cold and rain and much, high up in the cold hills of Tunisia, I cannot get very sorry for those living back here in comfort!...You must not worry about me. Everyone is exceedingly careful as to my safety, whether I'm travelling by road or by plane - it seems to me a hundred unnecessary precautions are taken. It would be difficult to tell you how much I agree with your idea of just getting together after this war is over and never letting anything part us again. Sometimes I get so homesick for you I don't know what to do. But I always know this - for me there is only one woman and only one ambition with respect to a woman - that is to come a-running to you & hold on to you firmly, forever. You must realize that in such a confused life as we lead here all sorts of stories, gossip, lies and etc can get started without the slightest foundation in fact. I don't even let my people tell me what they are - my poor brain is sufficiently burdened with things that are true. So I want you to know that you can smile at anything - I'm trying to do my duty, every day, and my only hope is that this war will be over quickly so I can go over with you minute by minute, everything that's happened to either of us since I last saw you. I'm afraid I must stop. I started this at 8:00. It's now 11:15, and two conferences coming up...I love you - only!! Always, / Ike''. Runs 3pp. on ruled stationery and measures 8'' x 10.5''. Near fine.
Dwight Eisenhower WWII Letter to His Wife Denying Affair -- ''...gossip, lies...get started...for me there is only one woman...one ambition...to come a-running to you & hold on...forever...''
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