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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 18, 2000

Role Model for America:

^^From the Tower^^ By Ira L. Shafiroff For some people, truth and integrity are more important than fame or fortune. On the eve of the Normandy invasion, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, knowing that the assault he was about to lead on Hitler's Europe was fraught with tremendous risk, wrote a letter to President Roosevelt. In that letter, which Eisenhower was prepared to send if necessary, he praised the troops under his command while accepting for himself complete responsibility for the failure of

By Ira L. Shafiroff
        For some people, truth and integrity are more important than fame or fortune.
        On the eve of the Normandy invasion, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, knowing that the assault he was about to lead on Hitler's Europe was fraught with tremendous risk, wrote a letter to President Roosevelt. In that letter, which Eisenh...

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