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Overview. Born in Texas and raised in Kansas, Dwight D. Eisenhower was one of America's greatest military commanders and the thirty-fourth President of the United States. Inspired by the example of a friend who was going to the U.S. Naval Academy, Eisenhower won an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, (born Oct. 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, U.S.—died March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C.), 34th president of the U.S. (1953–61). He graduated from West Point (1915), then served in the Panama Canal Zone (1922–24) and in the Philippines under Douglas MacArthur (1935–39).
Dwight David Eisenhower. General of the Army. Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces. October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, July 1956. Public Domain. Dwight D. Eisenhower began his career in the U.S. Army on June 14, 1911 as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
