Don Wildman

Interesting.

It is a huge position.

I mean, you're not only a leader of men, you're also a diplomat in many cases.

You have to strategize for politicians as well as military, you know, the Department of Defense.

You have to, you know...

Check all the boxes of all these different things.

And I suppose back to my stars question, I was kind of confused about this.

Each one of these stars marks a great moment of their career and achievement of sorts.

Or is this kind of more decorative?

Cool.

Well, let's start in the 20th century with the American general who is credited with winning the biggest and bloodiest war in the history of human civilization.

Not bad for the resume.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, coalition commander of the Allied Forces in World War II.

What sets this man apart?

As you say, as much a political leader as a military commander, right?

Especially in this situation.

This is the unusual era that we're in, which is America moving from this isolationist place over here to this massive leader of this massive new coalition, this allied coalition.

We play down the role World War I played in this.

For a lot of these guys, this was the first time they were over there, including Dwight Eisenhower, who wasn't.

But the awareness of the fact that this was a new role for this nation to play, let alone an army to fight,