Historian Stephen Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers was turned into a highly praised TV series. Ambrose was President Dwight D. Eisenhower's official biographer and wrote or edited more than a dozen books about him. Ambrose claimed to have interviewed the former president for "hundreds and hundreds of hours."

"I think five hours is a generous estimation of the actual time they spent together," said Tim Rives, deputy director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. “The discovery came to light almost by accident. The museum had been planning an exhibition exploring the relationship between Ambrose and Eisenhower. Rives found that the records showed that Ambrose and Eisenhower had met only three times, and never alone.”