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Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890-1969) · United States · Politicians · Died at 78

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The general who commanded D-Day became the president who built the Interstate Highway System and warned America about the military-industrial complex on his way out the door.

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2020Dwight D. Eisenhower MemorialTribute17 September 2020, United States presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower2003statue of Dwight D. EisenhowerTribute, statue in the U.S. Capitol by Jim Brothers1969Died28 March 19691967Theodore Roosevelt AwardAward1960Order of the Royal House of ChakriAward1959Time Person of the YearAward1953National Defense Service MedalAwardPresident of the United StatesOffice1953-19611952President-elect of the United StatesOffice1952-19531951Supreme Allied Commander EuropeOffice1951-19521947American Defense Service MedalAwardWorld War II Victory MedalAward1946Order of Aeronautical MeritAward1945“Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.”In their words12 June 1945Speech at Guildhall, London (12 June 1945)

“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.”In their words12 June 1945Speech at Guildhall, London (12 June 1945)

Croix de GuerreAwardGrand Cross of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAwardHonorary Citizen of BrusselsAwardOrder of the ElephantAwardChief of Staff of the United States ArmyOffice1945-19481944“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.”In their words2 June 1944Order of the Day (2 June 1944), a message to troops before the Normandy landings, reported in Franklin Watts, Voices of History (1945), p.

“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.”In their wordsJune 1944Notes for an announcement, written in advance of the Normandy invasion, in case of its failure, but never delivered (June 1944); reported

“Shortly we will be fighting our way across the Continent of Europe in battles designed to preserve our civilization.”In their wordsMay 26 1944 letter as qtd. in "The Law of Armed Conflict: Constraints on the Contemporary Use of Military Force", edited by Howard M.

1943Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan IftikharAwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathAward1942“This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning.”In their words27 August 1942Letter to Vernon Prichard (27 August 1942), published in The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower (1970) edited by Alfred Dupont Chandler, p.

1918Mexican Border Service MedalAward1890Born14 October 1890

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The Eisenhower family home in Abilene, KansasThe Eisenhower family home in Abilene, KansasWest Point yearbook photo, 1915West Point yearbook photo, 1915Mamie Eisenhower, painted in 1953 by Thomas E. StephensMamie Eisenhower, painted in 1953 by Thomas E. StephensEisenhower (far right) with friends William Stuhler, Major Brett, and Paul V. Robinson in 1919, four years after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West PointEisenhower (far right) with friends William Stuhler, Major Brett, and Paul V. Robinson in 1919, four years after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West PointThe meeting of War Plans Division, War Department General Staff in 1942The meeting of War Plans Division, War Department General Staff in 1942Eisenhower as a major general, 1942Eisenhower as a major general, 1942Eisenhower (right) after having been awarded the Légion d'honneur by French Civil and Military Commander-in-Chief Henri Giraud (left), May 1943Eisenhower (right) after having been awarded the Légion d'honneur by French Civil and Military Commander-in-Chief Henri Giraud (left), May 1943

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10 statements, newest first

  1. Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.

    Jun 12, 1945, Speech at Guildhall, London (12 June 1945), Own words

  2. Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

    Jun 12, 1945, Speech at Guildhall, London (12 June 1945), Own words

  3. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.

    Jun 2, 1944, Order of the Day (2 June 1944), a message to troops before the Normandy landings, reported in Franklin Watts, Voices of History (1945), p., Own words

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Awards

Theodore Roosevelt Award1967
National Defense Service Medal1966
Horatio Alger Award1961
Order of the Royal House of Chakri1960
Hoover Medal1960
Order of Sikatuna1960
Time Person of the Year1959
Nishan-e-Pakistan1957
Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero1956
National Defense Service Medal1953
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin1950
Honorary Doctor of Caen University1948
American Defense Service Medal1947
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal1947
World War II Victory Medal1947
Army of Occupation Medal1947
Order of Aeronautical Merit1946
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross1946
Order of Ismail1946
Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa1946
Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown1945
Order of Victory1945
Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion1945
Order of the Elephant1945
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta1945
Croix de Guerre1945
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class1945
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-19451945
Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold1945
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion1945
Honorary Citizen of Brussels1945
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1944
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath1943
Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite1943
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit1943
Africa Star1943
Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan Iftikhar1943
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour1943
World War I Victory Medal (United States)1919
Mexican Border Service Medal1918

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Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915 but spent World War I training tank crews stateside, denied his request for Europe. Between the wars he climbed through staff positions until 1941, when rapid promotion put him in command of Allied invasions across North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany - Operation Overlord in June 1944 broke the war open. After serving as military governor of occupied Germany, Army Chief of Staff, and NATO's first supreme commander, he entered the 1952 presidential race to stop an isolationist rival and won two landslides against Adlai Stevenson. In office he threatened nuclear force to end the Korean War, backed coups in Iran and Guatemala, forced Britain and France out of Suez, and sent fifteen thousand troops into Lebanon. At home he expanded Social Security, broke McCarthy, enforced school integration in Little Rock with Army troops, and launched NASA after Sputnik rattled the country. He left in 1961 warning against the dangers of defense contractors and deficit spending - the military-industrial complex he'd watched take shape.

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United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1969 · aged 78

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