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=== Context of Eisenhower quotations === Bischof and Ambrose stated that ''Other Losses'' claims of Eisenhower that "he felt ashamed that he bore a German name", citing Stephen Ambrose and Colonel Ernest Fisher, when what Ambrose actually said to Fischer was "It is rumored that Ike once said, 'I'm ashamed my name is Eisenhower,' but I've never seen it, never used it, and don't believe it."<ref name="bischamb24"/> They concluded that "[s]uch twisting of historical evidence—both primary and secondary—is not unusual in ''Other Losses''. In the end, Bacque usually resorts to conspiracy theories to salvage his outrageous charges."<ref name="bischamb24"/> Regarding another example, Bischof and Ambrose stated that "[o]ne of Bacque's strongest quotations is a line from one of Eisenhower's letters to his wife, Mamie: 'God I hate the Germans.' Bacque seems not to understand that the words were appropriate to the subject, that Ike was by no means unique, and that John Eisenhower printed the letter in his book ''Letters to Mamie'', where Bacque found it, without embarrassment."<ref name="bischamb24">{{Harvnb|Bischof|Ambrose|1992|p=24}}</ref> They also stated that, when in 1943, when discussing that he had never been trained for such logistics when he faced a similar problem in Tunisia, Eisenhower stated "we should have killed more of them", which Bacque took seriously in "Other Losses" (it was also removed in 1969 from a report lest it offend Allies).<ref name="bischamb8">{{Harvnb|Bischof|Ambrose|1992|p=8}}</ref> POWs from Tunisia fared well after being shipped to the United States, where they were well fed in U.S. POW camps.<ref name="bischamb8"/>
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