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2 days ago · Eisenhower was the third of seven sons of David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower. In the spring of 1891 the Eisenhowers left Denison, Texas, and returned to Abilene, Kansas, where their forebears had settled as part of a Mennonite colony. David worked in a creamery; the family was poor; and Dwight and his brothers were introduced to ...
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- Birthplace of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Denison, Texas.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) with his parents and brothers.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (second from left) on a Boy Scout camping trip along the Smoky Hill River, Kansas.
- The boyhood home of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas.
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower talking to paratroopers of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division just before their departure for Normandy, June 5, 1944. The trooper's “Screaming Eagle” shoulder patch was scratched from this wartime photo for security reasons.
- (Left to right) Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, and George Patton at Bastogne, Belgium, February 1945.
- U.S. President Harry S. Truman awarding General Dwight D. Eisenhower his fifth Distinguished Service Medal as Mamie Eisenhower looks on.
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and General Omar Bradley at the National Airport, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1946.
- Scenes from the 1952 Republican National Convention, in which Senator Robert A. Taft and General Dwight D. Eisenhower were the leading candidates for the presidential nomination.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower reelection bumper sticker, 1956.
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Jul 15, 2024 · Fall 2015, Vol. 47, No. 3 By Timothy Rives PDF version Enlarge President Dwight D. Eisenhower View in National Archives Catalog This year marks the 125th anniversary of both the birth of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that the American frontier had closed. The events are related, for Eisenhower’s understanding of the frontier’s demise shaped his ideas on ...
3 days ago · Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF; / ˈʃeɪf / SHAYF) was the headquarters of the Commander of Allied forces in northwest Europe, from late 1943 until the end of World War II. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander in SHAEF throughout its existence. The position itself shares a common lineage with Supreme ...
19 hours ago · The 1956 United States presidential election was the 43rd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were re-elected, defeating for a second time Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, former Illinois governor.
Jul 11, 2024 · Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is a candid and fascinating fictional eavesdropping on President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm. It is 1962 and The New York Times Magazine has published its first list ranking the American Presidents in order of greatness. Pondering his placement on the list, Eisenhower looks back on ...
Jul 15, 2024 · View Transcript. On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial complex." In a speech of less than 10 minutes, on January 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower delivered his political farewell to the American people on national television from the Oval Office ...
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3 days ago · Eisenhower’s first choice as replacement was his Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, former legal council to the Paris Peace Conference, advisor to New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and later advisor to President Truman. Dulles declined, and Eisenhower next offered the Chief Justiceship to Dewey himself; however, Dewey likewise declined.
