John Eisenhower

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John Eisenhower (1990)

John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (born August 3, 1922 in Denver , Colorado , † December 21, 2013 in Trappe , Talbot County , Maryland ) was an American diplomat , Army officer , author , military historian and the younger of the two sons of the 34th US - President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower .

biography

John Eisenhower had an older brother who died of scarlet fever in January 1921 at the age of three. Like his father, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point . He graduated there on June 6, 1944, the day of the Allied landing in Normandy. He then served in the final stages of World War II and the Korean War in the American armed forces. From 1944 to 1963 he was in active service in the US Army , where he made it to Brigadier General and served in the reserves from 1963 to 1974. From 1969 to 1971 he was the successor to Ridgway B. Knight US Ambassador to Belgium ; he is also the author of numerous books. During his father's presidency, he served as Assistant Staff Secretary on the White House staff. He still held the rank of officer.

Eisenhower married on June 10, 1947 Barbara Jean Thompson (born June 15, 1926), with whom he had four children. After divorcing his first wife in 1986, he married Joanne Thompson in 1988. Eisenhower died in December 2013 at the age of 91.

Publications

  • The Bitter Woods: The battle of the Bulge (1969) ( Battle of the Bulge )
  • Strictly Personal (1974)
  • Allies, Pearl Harbor to D-Day (1982)
  • So Far from God: The US War with Mexico, 1846–1848 (1989)
  • Intervention !: The United States Involvement in the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917 (1993)
  • Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott (1997)
  • Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I (2001)
  • General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence (2003)
  • Zachary Taylor (2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John SD Eisenhower, historian and president's son, dies at 91
  2. ↑ John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. Retrieved January 2, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Eisenhower, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eisenhower, John Sheldon Doud (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer, diplomat, military historian, and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 2013
Place of death Bustard , Maryland