U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.

U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The infectious smile and jovial manner of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, are revealed in this candid portrait of the general laughing at repartee during a recent London conference. Gen. Eisenhower's even temperament and cheerful disposition have been invaluable assets in welding together a great fighting machine composed of men of many nationalities. He possesses the gift of knowing how to relax, though he usually works 18 hours a day. His boyhood was spent on a pleasant farm in the Central U.S. State of Kansas where he, with five brothers, milked cows, fed chickens and did general farm work. The general learned to be an excellent cook in these days and still is. He is the first and only military man in his family. His Swiss ancestors emigrated to America in 1730.