Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890.. He was born David but he was often called dwight.. he was the third of seven boys... (4 more to come.. ) he was born in Denison, Texas.. in 1892 he and his family moved to kansas where he later graduated from Abilene High School.. When he enrolled in West Point Military Acadamy (he graduated as second lieutenant) he reversed the order of his name.. Dwight later married Mamie Geneva Doud while he was stationed in texas and they had two sons the first born, Doud Dwight Eisenhower, died of scarlet fever at the age of three.. ( :( ) Their second son, John sheldon Eisenhower was a Brigadier general in the U.S. Army, and after he retired he bacame an author.. (he graduated on D-Day:P, June 6, 1944)
His mom was a Jehovah's Witness n their house served as a meeting home.. Dwight never joined and became a Presbyterian..
During his time in the military he served in WWI and became #3 leader of the new tank corps and later rose to temporary Lieutenant Colonel of the National Army.. He trained tank crews.. His interest in tank warfare rose when he talked to George S. Patton and other senoir leaders.. In 1935 he accompanied Macarthr to the Philipines where he became Assistant Military Advisor to the Philipine 
Government.. He returned to the U.S. in 1939..
When Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to General Staff in Washignton, where he served until 1942.. His responsibilty was creating war plans to defeat Japan and Germany in WWII.. 1944 he became general of the war.. with this and all of his other military war statuses, he showed his talents for leadership..
He became the last president to be born in the 19th century.. during his time of presidency he kept all of the new deal projects that were still around and exspecially the social security policy.. He won his second term in 1956.. His achievments consisted of the Interstate highway program... it was beleived that the larger cities would be more likely to be attacked in any future wars.. so the highways would prove to be means for escape so that the military could step in.. he not only thought that it would be beneficial for the army but would also be a building block for for the economic growth..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower#Early_life_and_family
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