It was the Generals' week. They were honored around the world; their-homecomings were cheered across the land. Their thoughts and opinions, on war & peace, were drummed into the U.S. public.
Good Soldier Omar Bradley mounted the pulpit in the Central Christian Church of Moberly, Mo. Flyer Jimmy Doolittle flew his first Superfortress. Georgie Patton went to Sunday school; Carl Spaatz visited his 78-year-old mother (who told him: "You're just my baby boy"); leathery Alexander Patch brought back the gaudiest trophy yet: gewgawful Marshal Goring's diamond-studded marshal's baton.
Ike Eisenhower, thrice-honored in...
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