intro

"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion." These words came from Dwight Eisenhower to describe what America has gone through and where we are now. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. He was the third of seven sons. Eisenhower was a great football player, which landed him in West Point. While stationed in Texas, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916.


Eisenhower enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1911. Eisenhower graduated in 1915. He served with the infantry until 1918 at various camps in Texas and Georgia. During World War I, Eisenhower became the #3 leader of the new tank corps and rose to temporary (Bvt.) Lieutenant Colonel in the National Army. In his early Army career, he excelled in staff assignments, serving under Generals John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, and Walter Krueger. After Pearl Harbor, General George C. Marshall called him to Washington for a war plans assignment. He commanded the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942; on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. Eisenhower has great military back round. He knows how to use weaknesses as strengths and he's strengths.Before he left office in January 1961, he urged the necessity of maintaining an adequate military strength, but cautioned that vast, long-continued military expenditures could breed potential dangers to our way of life.