michel paradis? guest: yeah, you know what of one of the things about eisenhower, the old clichÉ, his old political slogan was "i like ike," and there was a reason people liked ike, it r, cffhe lls, fr for people from kansas, or abilene, where he was from. he always made a point of going to the mess hall, where they were getting their food, because he knew that was the day today kind of stuff that mattered most. he was always worried about, what is the quality of their boots and shoes? what is the quality of their socks, right? literally all the way to the ground. he was = genuinel concerned about these young men. part of that was his nature, as tough-minded as he was and is reeling as he was -- willing as he was to send minute to high risk situations, where death was a high possibility if not an inevitability, he also knew what that meant in a real way, felt it in his bones. and, you know, when president biden was speaking a little while ago about eisenhower visiting the 101st airborne, you know one