Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower excelled at sports and played football his first two years at West Point. After suffering a knee injury, he dedicated himself to his studies as a cadet. His classmates regarded him as a natural leader who had a knack of saying the right thing to gain others’ cooperation and his good nature inspired trust.

Upon graduation from West Point, he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. There he met Mamie Doud in October of 1915. After a whirlwind courtship they were married on July 1, 1916. They had two children, the first of whom died of scarlet fever in infancy.

While at Fort Sam Houston, Eisenhower was promoted several times. He became First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916; Captain on May 15, 1917; Major (temporary) on June 17, 1918; and Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) on October 14, 1918. He reverted to the permanent rank of Captain on June 30, 1920 and was then promoted to Major on July 2, 1920

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When he took office in 1953 the United States had completed 10,327 kin of system improvements at a cost of $955 million. He had originally opposed the transfer of the space program from Pentagon, but conceded and the final legislation contained a provision excluding military space activities from NASA control. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways as one of the “Seven Wonders of the United States. On November 29, 1952, he secretly flew to Korea. While he was in Korea, Eisenhower revived stalled peace talks and visited American soldiers near the front lines. His integrity and his reputation for honesty helped to get him elected and he served two terms as President of the United States from 1953-1961. ” As President, he was instrumental in developing a better highway system. Both the US and the USSR had advanced into space and the race was on. The US was hoping to be the first to land an unmanned probe on the Moon. As a result of his mission an armistice was signed in July 1953. This made him realize the value of a good highway system. The launching of Sputnik caused the United States to step up their efforts to launch a satellite into space and Eisenhower directed the Army to make a launch effort. With the USSR he proposed the Open Skies Program to allow the US and Russia to exchange blueprints of each other’s military establishments and “provide within our countries facilities or aerial photography to the other country”. He is one of the few generals ever to command major naval forces; he directed the world’s greatest air force; he is the only man ever to command successfully an integrated, multinational alliance of ground, sea, and air forces.

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