Among the thousands of uniformed men striding through the halls of the Pentagon next week will be a tall, balding young Army major reporting for an assignment that promises a significant step upward in his career. The officer: Major John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower,* 35, who is the only child of the 34th President of the U.S. His new assignment: duty on the secrecy-shrouded Joint War Plans Division, in the office of the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations. Says one knowing old Pentagonian: "It's a training ground for people tabbed for bigger things."
Being tucked away in the Pentagon...
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