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Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14,1890 in Denison Texas. His parents were David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Stover Eisenhower. He had two older brothers Arthur and Edgar and three youger ones Roy,Earl and Milton. Predictions made

in his highschool year book saw Dwight as becoming a history professor and strangly enough his older brother Edgar becoming President of the UnitedStates.

Many happenings in Dwight's life show leadership ability. In 1941 Eisenhower was appointed by the army to plan the strategy
for the Third Army in war games in Louisianna. He brilliantly defeated the "enemy force". This performance earned him a

promotion to general in September 1941. The U.S. enterred World War 2 in December of 1941. After Japans attack on Pearl Habor General George C Marshall ,Army Chief of Staff, brought Eisenhower to Washington D.C. to serve in the Army's war plans

division. He was then named commanding general of the U.S. forces in the European......

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