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born? Enter the year: Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969, American
general and 34th President of the United States, b. Denison,
Texas; his nickname was “Ike.”  Early Career  When he was two
years old, his family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where he was
reared. He entered (1911) West Point and graduated in 1915. In
1916 he married Mamie Geneva Doud. In World War I, Eisenhower
was commanding officer at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa., a training
camp for the new U.S. Army tank corps. After the war he was
stationed (1922–24) in the Panama Canal Zone, was a member of
the American Battle Monuments Commission, and was assistant
executive (1929–33) in the office of the Assistant Secretary of
War. From 1935 to 1940 he was in the Philippines, where he
served as an aide to Douglas