Dwight D. Eisenhower

 He was born in Texas in 1890, but grew up in Kansas in a poor family of 7 kids. In 1915 he graduated from the US Military Academy in New York. A year later he was married with 2 sons. He graduated first in his class at the Command and General Staff College in Kanas, and was a military aide to General John Pershing, and Douglas MacArthur. He returned from being stationed in the Philippines right after the German invasion of Poland and was appointed as a Brigadier General. After the attack on pearl harbor he was called to D.C. to become a planning officer and headed Operation Torch in Africa, and the invasion of Sicily. In 1943 he became supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, as well as a full general, and headed the invasion of Nazi Europe. He rise very fast and in 1945 became the chief of staff for the U.S. army. 3 years later he became the president of NYC's columbia university, yet was short lived as he in 1950 was asked to command NATO forces in Europe. Two years later with the war in Korea hurting President Truman's popularity, republicans asked Eisenhower to run for president. He became the 34th president of the United States in 1953. Nicknamed Ike (from his childhood,) his campaign catch phrase was "I like Ike." He remained in office until 1961, when John F Kennedy replaced him.


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