SHAPE for Short

Pentagon planners, looking for one of those catchy alphabetical abbreviations to pin on the command of Allied defense forces in Europe, decided on SHAPE. This, they said, would stand for Supreme Headquarters, Atlantic Powers in Europe. Still needed: a head to fit the SHAPE. Still the likeliest bet: Ike Eisenhower, sometime head of SHAEF.

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