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A MOMENT IN MY LIFE by Erv Siefkes In 1953, I was in the U.S. Army, stationed at the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. I had been selected to be on the Honor Guard Team. One week-end, another enlisted man and I were to guard a dignitary and escort him to the reviewing stand for a parade of the Cadets. We did not know who this important person would be, but he happened to be the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Following the parade, we returned the President to the proper security. He turned and thanked the other guard first for doing what we did. Also he asked where the soldier was from. He then came over to me and repeated the Thanks and asked the same question as he had the other guard--" And where are you from, soldier?" I replied that I was from the Aberdeen, South Dakota, area. President Eisenhower said he remembered the town very well. When he had been a General in the Army, he was with the troop trains that stopped at the Milwaukee Depot, where they were served pheasant sandwiches. He said they were the best sandwiches he had ever eaten. President Eisenhower also told me that when I got home and saw any of the ladies who had been involved in the pheasant sandwich meals, to be sure to say, "Thanks, from Ike". It has taken me till now in 2005, to get that Thank you done, but to you Canteen ladies, Thank you very much for everything that you did. Erv Siefkes gMJ~~
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Title | A Moment in my Life |
Subject | Aberdeen, SD -- History; letters; Dwight D. Eisenhower; WWII Pheasant Canteen Team |
Description | Letter from Erv Siefkes about meeting president Dwight D. Eisenhower, in which he thanked the women who served pheasant sandwiches in the canteen at the Aberdeen Milwaulkee depot. |
Creator | Erv Siefkes |
Date of Creation | 2005 |
Contributing Institution | WWII Pheasant Canteen Team |
Provenance | Borrowed by the WWII Pheasant Canteen Team, scanned by the Beulah Williams Library. |
Type | Text; |
Format | PDF; letters |
Identifier | pheasantCanteen015 |
Rights | © Beulah Williams Library Archives & Special Collections |
Date Digital | 2014-07-08 |
Language | English |
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Title | Page 1 |
Transcript | A MOMENT IN MY LIFE by Erv Siefkes In 1953, I was in the U.S. Army, stationed at the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. I had been selected to be on the Honor Guard Team. One week-end, another enlisted man and I were to guard a dignitary and escort him to the reviewing stand for a parade of the Cadets. We did not know who this important person would be, but he happened to be the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Following the parade, we returned the President to the proper security. He turned and thanked the other guard first for doing what we did. Also he asked where the soldier was from. He then came over to me and repeated the Thanks and asked the same question as he had the other guard--" And where are you from, soldier?" I replied that I was from the Aberdeen, South Dakota, area. President Eisenhower said he remembered the town very well. When he had been a General in the Army, he was with the troop trains that stopped at the Milwaukee Depot, where they were served pheasant sandwiches. He said they were the best sandwiches he had ever eaten. President Eisenhower also told me that when I got home and saw any of the ladies who had been involved in the pheasant sandwich meals, to be sure to say, "Thanks, from Ike". It has taken me till now in 2005, to get that Thank you done, but to you Canteen ladies, Thank you very much for everything that you did. Erv Siefkes gMJ~~ |
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