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Dwight Eisenhower was the thirty-fourth President of the United States. His name is ... often cited with the inclusion of his middle name, Dwight David Eisenhower, or simply with his middle initial, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was born on 14 October 1890 in Denison, Texas. He was educated at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and went on to serve as a soldier. He was elevated to that status of General before he concluded his service.
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Eisenhower (historically "Eisenhauer") was born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison, Texas.[2] He was the first U.S. President born in Texas. Eisenhower was the third of seven sons born to David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover. He was named David Dwight and was called Dwight. Later, the order of his given names was switched (according to the staff at the Eisenhower Library and Museum, the name switch occurred upon Eisenhower's matriculation at West Point).
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This statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the General, is eleven-foot high and made of bronze with a granite base. Cast in Florence, Italy, the sculptor is an American artist, Robert Dean. Located in the center of the complex, it faces west. The five limestone pylons, located at the east end of the Eisenhower Center, were originally placed to the south of the Museum. They are to honor David and Ida Eisenhower, their six accomplished sons, America's Veterans, American democratic ideals, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army and 34th President of the United States. The first Dwight D. Eisenhower Day, October 14, 1999, was celebrated at the pylons.
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The central fact about Dwight David Eisenhower is that he accepted the responsibility for making pivotal decisions at critical points in the history of his nation and the western alliance. The most dramatic of those decisions, and the ones for which he had consciously prepared himself throughout a long military career, produced the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. Less spectacularly, but just as resolutely, Eisenhower dedicated himself to the cause of peace and sought the national good as he conceived it during eight years in the White House. He won the trust and confidence of the common man, both in the United States and abroad, and personified the goodwill and altruism of American policy in his era. As soldier and as statesman, duty came first. Perhaps the best characterization of the man comes from his own words in a speech he delivered in June 1945, to acknowledge being awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
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General Dwight David Eisenhower rose above many officers his senior to become the most important field commander in the US Army during World War II. Eisenhower led US forces in their invasion of North Africa. He then became the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, commanding the invasion in Normandy and the subsequent Allied attack across Europe to Germany. Eisehower went on to become Army Chief of Staff, and then the first commander of NATO. In 1952, he was elected President of the United States.
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General Dwight David Eisenhower became chief of staff of the United States Army, commander of NATO, and the thirty-fourth president of the United States. As a military leader he led the Allied troops in the European Theater to victory during World War II. As president from 1953-1961, his principal achievement was the maintenance of world peace during the crisis-filled 1950s. His domestic policy record is mixed. While an expanding economy made the postwar era a prosperous one for many Americans, Eisenhower's failures to act decisively against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist investigations and his lackluster commitment to civil rights scarred his policy legacy.
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