General Dwight D. Eisenhower


Title
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Description
Autographed Army photograph of General Dwight D. Eisenhower taken on June 30, 1951. Photograph was signed: For Corporal J. R. Worsley with best wishes to a member of SHAPE, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jerome R. Worsley served as the office manager for Special Services for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) under command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. SHAPE is the military unit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Date
June 30, 1951
Original Format
photographs
Extent
25cm x 19cm
Local Identifier
1214-b1-fb
Subject(s)
Location of Original
East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Comments

Martha Elmore Nov 15 2013

Jerome R. Worsley, a Bethel, N.C., native and 1949 graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, served in the U.S. Army for two years including a year in Paris, France, as office manager for Special Services for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) under the command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. SHAPE, the military unit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), was established April 2, 1951, with General Eisenhower as its first Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe (SACEUR). SHAPE was created to establish an integrated effective NATO military force under a centralized military organization with one NATO commander. Source: http://www.shape.nato.int/page134353332.aspx

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