Tag Archives: President Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Ike’s Last Mission

But The General’s Health… …was not very good. He had suffered a few aches and pains and illnesses during his first six decades. But they were nothing out of the ordinary for a man his age, and with the great … Continue reading

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General Ike and Princess Elizabeth: First Meeting

General Eisenhower spent several months in England preparing for the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The King and Queen of WWII In no small part, the decisions and actions of Great Britain’s King George VI (1895-1952) were deeply influenced by the … Continue reading

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President Ike and the Interstate Highway System

POTUS Ike: The Early Advocate Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Lt. Colonel in the US Army in 1917, when US participation in The Great War began. He was deeply disappointed that he was not assigned to active military service abroad; … Continue reading

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Eisenhower 1956: The Second Term Decision

At the end of his first term, Ike was 66,, and one of our oldest Presidents to that time. The Life of Duty, Honor, Country… Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969), one of six strapping corn-fed farm boys, was accustomed to hard work … Continue reading

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Ike and Mamie’s First House

Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married Second Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently graduated from West Point. The Eisenhower Bride and Groom While Mama and Papa Doud adored Ike, and would consider him their “son” for the rest of … Continue reading

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