Lucius Clay

I met with General Lucius Clay in early 1977, several months before his death.

Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010

To Lucius Clay, Eisenhower conceded that his ideas were “best expressed by someone without a military background,” perhaps a Churchill or Adlai Stevenson, “someone more eloquent, more cogent who would not lend the dark connotation of experience.”

Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010

He later told friends that the American commander, Gen. Lucius Clay, phoned him when he heard about the decree and said: "Professor Erhard, my advisers tell me that you are making a big mistake."

The German Miracle: Another Look Lawrence H. White 2010

Years later, I had a long conversation with General Lucius Clay, who served as a military adviser to Eisenhower during the war in Europe, military governor of Germany, and a key presidential backer in 1952 and 1956.

Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010

He encouraged friends like Lucius Clay, Alfred Gruenther, and Herbert Hoover, Jr., to consider campaigning for the presidency.

Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010

Woody Guthrie, whose guitar bore the legend “This machine kills fascists,” wrote a song called “Lucius Clay and Ilsa sic Koch.”

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

He initially drove trucks in a supply battalion and then joined the staff of Gen. Lucius Clay, who became the American military governor of Germany after the war.

David Ginsburg, Washington lawyer and director of a 1960s panel on race relations, dies at 98 2010

He initially drove trucks in a supply battalion and then joined the staff of Gen. Lucius Clay, who became the American military governor of Germany after the war.

David Ginsburg, Washington lawyer and director of a 1960s panel on race relations, dies at 98 2010

What he called “that Ilse Koch business” would hound Lucius Clay for years.

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

Generals Lucius Clay and Alfred Gruenther met with me shortly before their deaths.

Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010