General Eisenhower welcomed in New York City. General Dwight D.

General Eisenhower welcomed in New York City. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in the European War Theater, waves greeting to throngs of cheering citizens lined along Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, as he drives by in an open automobile en route to a formal reception at the City Hall. Approximately four million of the city's inhabitants turned out to welcome home the victorious American General on "Eisenhower Day". He was accompanied by Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City.