Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Here he met and married his wife, Mamie Doud. While at Camp Meade, Maryland, Eisenhower became acquainted with George S. Patton, Jr. Eisenhower and Patton both published articles in 1920 pushing for the Army make better use of tanks to avoid having the chaotic and disastrous trench warfare of World War I again. Army authorities found Eisenhower to be insubordinate rather than visionary and threatened him with a court-martial if he challenged official views again.
Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Here he met and married his wife, Mamie Doud. While at Camp Meade, Maryland, Eisenhower became acquainted with George S. Patton, Jr. Eisenhower and Patton both published articles in 1920 pushing for the Army make better use of tanks to avoid having the chaotic and disastrous trench warfare of World War I again. Army authorities found Eisenhower to be insubordinate rather than visionary and threatened him with a court-martial if he challenged official views again.