"Author says that, while Eisenhower had other intellectual mentors, he learned how to lead men from Gen. Walter Krueger. Krueger was the first American enlisted man to rise to four-star general, and he so identified with those he led that he once invited a sentry out of the rain and gave him his own dry uniform."

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Source: Jean Edward Smith (2012). “Eisenhower in War and Peace”, p.136, Random House

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Jean Edward Smith was a prominent American historian known for his comprehensive biographies, particularly of Ulysses S. Grant, highlighting themes of leadership and integrity.

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