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Name Prefix:<NPFX> President
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8QSM-PH
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****** 34th President of the United States of America * 1953-1961 ******
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- President of the United States
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Born October 14, 1890, at Denison, Texas, third of seven sons of David
Jacob and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. The family returned to
Abilene, Kansas, in 1892. Graduated from Abilene High School, 1909.
Worked at Belle Springs Creamery, 1909-1911.
Entered United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, June 14,
1911, and graduated June 12, 1915. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant,
September 1915.
Married Mamie Geneva Doud of Denver, Colorado, July 1, 1916. First son,
Doud Dwight, born September 24, 1917, and died January 2, 1921. Second
son, John Sheldon Doud, born August 3, 1922.
Served with the Infantry September 1915 to February 1918 in Ft. Sam
Houston, Camp Wilson and Leon Springs, Texas and Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Served with the Tank Corps, February 1918 to January 1922 in Camp Meade,
Maryland, Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, Camp Dix, New Jersey, Ft. Benning,
Georgia, and Ft. Meade, Maryland. Promoted to First Lieutenant on July 1,
1916; Captain on May 15, 1917; Major (temporary) on June 17, 1918; and to
Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) on October 14, 1918. Reverted to permanent
rank of Captain on June 30, 1920 and was promoted to Major on July 2,
1920.
Volunteered to participate as a Tank Corps observer in the First
Transcontinental Motor Convoy from July 7, 1919 to September 6, 1919.
Assigned as executive officer to General Fox Conner, Camp Gaillard,
Panama Canal Zone, January 1922 to September 1924. Served in various
capacities in Maryland and Colorado until August 1925.
Entered Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, August
19, 1925, graduated first in a class of 245, June 18, 1926.
Served as battalion commander, 24th Infantry, Ft. Benning, Georgia,
August 1926 to January 1927.
Next assigned to American Battle Monuments Commission, directed by
General John J. Pershing. January to August 1927 served in Washington,
D.C. office, writing a guidebook to World War I battlefields. In charge
of guidebook revision and European office, Paris, France July 1928 to
September 1929.
August 27, 1927, entered Army War College, Washington, D.C. and graduated
June 30, 1928.
Served as executive officer to General George V. Moseley, Assistant
Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., November 1929 to February 1933.
Served as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Army Chief of
Staff, until September 1935.
September 1935 to December 1939 assigned to General MacArthur as
assistant military advisor to the Philippine Government. Promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel, July 1, 1936.
Assigned to General DeWitt Clinton, Commander, 15th Infantry, for a short
term in Ft. Ord, California, and then permanently to Ft. Lewis,
Washington as regimental executive, February 1940 to November 1940. Chief
of Staff for General Thompson, Commander, 3rd Division, Ft. Lewis until
March 1941. Served as Chief of Staff to General Kenyon Joyce, Commander
9th Army Corps, Ft. Lewis, until June 1941. Designated Chief of Staff to
General Walter Kreuger, Commander 3rd Army, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, June
1941 to December 1941. Promoted to Colonel (temporary), March 11, 1941,
and to Brigadier General (temporary), September 29, 1941.
Assigned to General Staff, Washington, D.C., December 1941 to June 1942.
Named Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under Chief of War Plans
Division, General Leonard Gerow, December 1941. Designated as Chief of
War Plans Division, February 1942. In April 1942, appointed Assistant
Chief of Staff in