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TIL famed 'The Great Gatsby' Author F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton to join the Army, where he was trained by Dwight D. Eisenhower almost 30 years before he led the allied powers to victory in WWII. Fitzgerald reportedly 'intensely disliked' Eisenhower.

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