Eisenhower was born at 208 East Day Street in Denison, Texas, on October 14, 1890, he was the first president born in Texas. His father was David Jacob Eisenhower, and his mother was Ida Elizabeth Stover, they were both of German, English, and Swiss Ancestry. Although he was often called Dwight his full name was David Dwight. He kept this the same when he enrolled at West Point Military Academy. This was the beginning of his Military Career. (Dwight D. Eisenhower Wikipedia).
Eisenhower served as executive officer to General Fox Conner from 1922 to 1924.General Fox Conner was a highly respected officer in the Panama Canal Zone. Bieng proven to be an aid to his career, Conner began to be eisenhowers mentor and teacher.conner taught him seminal works of history, military science, and philosophy. It was also Conner that taught Eisenhower the very high possibility of another World War. After this Eisenhower went to the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, the army’s most elite graduate school. Eisenhower Graduated first class out of 245 of the army’s finest officers. This established a high reputation for him in the Army. (Biography: Dwight Eisenhower)
A few years after that, after months of planning the D-Day invasion was commencing in Europe this was the invasion that helped put an end to the war in Europe. After this Eisenhower was promoted to the rank of a five star general. In May 1945 when Germany surrendered Eisenhower was appointed Military Governor. All of his accomplishments up to this led to great fame, fortune, respect, and honor. Before he knew it his was being honored world wide, He was also becoming the center piece of grand Parades, and Speeches when Dwight returned home that year he was horned like no other had been before. ("Spartacus Education.com")
In 1952 Eisenhower retired from the army to campaign for the republican Presidential nomination. With the support of Republican liberals and internationalists, he defeated Senator Robert A. Taft for the nomination an easy victory was brought to him by promising to end the Korean War. He took office on January 20, 1953. During his first term he fulfilled exactly what he promised America he stopped the war in Korea by threatening to use nuclear weapons. During his second term Desegregation was starting to become one of the main things on the president’s agenda. Even though he was unenthusiastic about this, troops were sent to Little Rock, Ark. To make a decision on the desegregation he decided to prohibit Discriminatory practices. ("infoplease.com")
This is a small list of achievements and accomplishments that Dwight D Eisenhower accomplished there are still many more things that he accomplished he is still honored by many people today and will never be forgotten.
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