GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Childhood
• World War Two
• D-Day
• Presidency
• Interesting facts

CHILDHOOD

• Eisenhower was born on October 14,1890 in Denison Texas
• His Dad, David Eisenhower and his family lived in Kansas before Dwight Eisenhower was born, but they moved back to Kansas when Eisenhower was a year and a half
• David Eisenhower had a General store in Kansas
• Dwight Eisenhower was born with 6 brothers
• He had a childhood dog named Flip
• When Eisenhower was 4 years old his brother Paul died of Diphtheria when he was 10 months old.

WWII

• Eisenhower was transferred to Fort Sam Houston
• Later, he was promoted to Brigadier General.
• He trained drafted men in WWII
• He was then promoted to Major General
• In a few months he became commander in chief for Operation Torch
• In 1942 he was transferred to the War Plans Division.

D-DAY

• Eisenhower was chosen to be Supreme Allied Commander of D-Day
• There was 160,000 Allied troops
• Eisenhower said if the mission failed he would take full responsibility.
• Largest Amphibious invasion in history
• Because of Bad weather Eisenhower decided to postpone one day.
• More than 6,000 Americans, 2,700 British, and 1,000 Canadians Died

PRESIDENCY

• He ran for President in 1952
• He is a republican
• During his presidency he tried to reduce Cold War tensions
• He brought peace with South Korea with his "Atoms for Peace" Speech
• In 1956 he was reelected for a second term
• In 1957 he focused on the Civil Rights Movement

AFTER PRESIDENCY

• He retired in Gettysburg
• He kept an office at Gettysburg for the remainder of his life
• Eisenhower died March 28, 1969
• He had his funeral in Abilene, Kansas

INTERESTING FACTS

• He had his face on the dollar coin from 1971 to 1978
• He never did active combat
• His first son died at the age of three
• He was a painter
• He was President of Columbia University
• He was the first president to ride in a helicopter

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