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Facts

Also Known As David Dwight Eisenhhower • Dwight David Eisenhower
Born October 14, 1890 • Denison • Texas
Died March 28, 1969 (aged 78) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office presidency of the United States of America (1953-1961), United States
Political Affiliation Republican Party
Notable Works Atoms for Peace speech • “Crusade in Europe”
Notable Family Members spouse Mamie Eisenhower
Role In Battle of the Bulge • Eisenhower Doctrine • Korean War • Normandy Invasion • North Africa campaigns • U-2 Incident • United States presidential election of 1952 • United States presidential election of 1956 • Western Front • World War II • National Defense Education Act • New Look

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Denison, Texas; Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Eisenhower family
Young Dwight D. Eisenhower sits at the front in overalls, surrounded by other boys at a campsite with a tent and table along the Smoky Hill River in Kansas.
Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a young boy, wearing a suit and tie, looking directly at the camera.
White two-story house with a front porch and latticework, surrounded by trees and lawn, identified as Dwight D. Eisenhower's boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas.
Black-and-white photo of a group of young men in football positions on a grassy yard, with Dwight D. Eisenhower in the front row, second from the right, houses and bare trees in the background.
Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower in a West Point cadet uniform, 1915.
Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, standing third from left in military uniform, poses outdoors with his five brothers in suits and his seated parents in front of a house.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: World War II veteran and U.S. president
See how Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery trapped Rommel to end Axis North Africa campaigns
Learn about the Normandy Invasion planned by Dwight Eisenhower to give Allied powers a foothold in France
Follow Eisenhower's path to become the Republican nominee in the United States presidential election of 1952
Watch “I Like Ike” the animated 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign commercial for Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower
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