When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes brigadier fall france
In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments. John Eisenhower ambitiousarmyassign share on social
You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a theater of war. John Eisenhower 3rdcolonelcommand Change image and share on social
My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life. John Eisenhower armybearbrat share on social
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala armybiafrabiafran share on social
The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets. Marilyn Minter caseclosefall share on social
I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film. Vincent Cassel accommodatedramafilm Change image and share on social