^When he entered West Point Clay stated the birth year as 1897 because he thought he was too young. The incorrect year became part of his military record; biographer جان إدوارد سميث discovered the discrepancy in 1970. Smith, Jean Edward (2012). Eisenhower in War and Peace. Random House. ص. 28, 39. ISBN:978-0-679-64429-3.
^Lucius D. Clay: An American Life by جان إدوارد سميث, New York: Henry, Holt & Company, 1990.