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    John Eisenhower

    United States Army general, military historian, diplomat

    John Eisenhower

    Eisenhower in 1990

    In office
    May 14, 1969 – September 28, 1971
    PresidentRichard Nixon
    Preceded byRidgway B. Knight
    Succeeded byRobert Strausz-Hupe
    Born

    John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower


    (1922-08-03)August 3, 1922
    Denver, Colorado, U.S.
    DiedDecember 21, 2013(2013-12-21) (aged 91)
    Trappe, Maryland, U.S.
    Resting placeWest Point Cemetery
    Political partyRepublican
    Spouses

    Barbara Thompson

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    (m. 1947; div. 1986)​

    Joanne Thompson

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    (m. 1988)​
    Children
    Parents
    EducationUnited States Military Academy (BS)
    Columbia University (MA)
    United States Army Command and General Staff College (MMAS)
    Branch/serviceUnited States Army
    Years of service1944–1963 (active)
    1963–1974 (reserve)
    RankBrigadier general
    Commands
    Battles/wars
    Awards

    John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013) was a United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian. He was the second son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. His military career spanned from

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    John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born on August 3, 1922 in Denver, Colorado. Parents were Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Early years, through eighth grade, Washington D.C., high school at Brent, Baguio, in the Philippine Islands; graduated U.S. Military Academy, West Point, June 6, 1944. European Theater (First U.S. Army) World War II, visiting Buchenwald just after liberation. Army of Occupation, Germany and Austria. Served in 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division during the Korean War, 1952. Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (Intelligence), 3rd Division, 1952-53; Army General Staff, 1957-59; White House Staff from October 1958 to January 1961; Brigadier General, AUS, retired. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from April, 1969 to October, 1971. Publications: THE BITTER WOODS, 1969, listed as a best seller in Publisher's Weekly, The New York Times and TIME; a memoir, STRICTLY PERSONAL, published on May 17, 1974; Edited LETTERS TO MAMIE, 1977; authored ALLIES: PEARL HARBOR TO D-DAY, May 1982; SO FAR FROM GOD, March, 1989, about the war between the U.S. and Mexico, 1846-48; INTERVENTION! THE UNITED STATES AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, 1913-1917, November 1993; AGENT OF DESTINY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, 1997; YANKS, 2001; and GENERAL IK

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