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Summersby Memoir Reveals IW Chauffeur and Special American
Kay Summersby recounts in her wartime memoirs her role as Dwight D. Eisenhower's chauffeur and secretary. The narrative covers her affair with an American colonel, his divorce, and the tensions of secrecy during Stirring wartime moves including the invasion of North Africa. Summersby details her proximity to Ike and the West Point traditions shaping their conduct.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Eisenhower
WACS
United States
Foreign Office
War Office
West Point
Miss Summersby
America
London
Post No. 1
Motor Transport Corps
U. S. Army
United States Army
Reno
Kay
North Africa
Oran
Algiers
General Mark Clark