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Born October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas to David Jacobs Eisenhower and Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. Third of seven sons
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After high school he worked for his dad's creamery
and as a firefighter to pay his brothers tuition
Played football and baseball for Abilene High School
In 1911 he was appointed at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York
After graduating from the academy he was sent to Texas where he met his future wife Mamie Geneva Doud; married July 1, 1916
1917: they have their first son, Doud Dwight. Sadly in 1921 Doud died of Scarlet Fever. 1922: They have their second son, John Sheldon Doud
There were rumors that he was having an affair while in Europe, preparing for D-Day, with a woman named Kay Summersby; he denied these rumors in the letters he sent to his wife
Fact 1
For the first few years of his Military career he moved post to post, going to Texas, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with his future wife, Mamie.
After academy: Second lieutenant
1920: Major
1922: executive officer to General Fox Connor
1927-1929: toured and reported for the War Department under General John Pershing
1929, after tour: chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur
1935-1939, under MacArthur: assistant military adviser in the Philippines
1941: chief of staff for the Third Army; soon promoted to brigadier general
1942: major general; not long after became commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces and led Operation Torch, and Allied invasion
1944: commanded Allied forces in the Normandy invasion, later promoted to five-star rank
1945: military governor of the U.S. Occupied Zone after Germany's surrender; few months after returning to Abilene he became U.S. Army chief of staff
1948-1950: president of Columbia University; left Colombia to be first Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
He was also reelected in 1956 by a bigger margin than before
2. While president at Colombia University he became an avid painter and painted more than 200 paintings
3. After serving 35 years in the military he has never seen active combat