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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 United
States.

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 brigadier 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.......

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