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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 before, during, and after his father's presidency, and he left active duty in 1963 and ...
John Eisenhower married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947, only a few days before her twenty-first birthday. Barbara was born on June 15, 1926, in Fort Knox, Kentucky, into an Army family. She was the daughter of Col. Percy Walter Thompson (November 8, 1898 – June 19, 1974) by his wife Beatrice (née Birchfield). Col.
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, ... Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) [64] January 20, 1953 ...
Tony winner John Rubinstein stars in Richard Hellesen's biographical drama "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," a Theatre West and New L.A. Repertory presentation at the Hudson MainStage Theatre.
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon used an Air Force One plane known as SAM 970. The first jet-powered presidential aircraft featured an office and a safe for the nuclear codes.
In a new book Presidents At War, author Steven M. Gillon takes a look at how World War II impacted a generation of presidents — from Eisenhower and JFK through George H.W. Bush — and, he says ...
Their second son, John Eisenhower, was born in Denver, Colorado. [41] John served in the United States Army, retired as a brigadier general, became an author and served as Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. He married Barbara Jean Thompson and had four children: David, Barbara Ann, Susan Elaine and Mary Jean.
Jack, [141] Kennedy was usually referred to as either "John F. Kennedy" or "Jack Kennedy". See also Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy. JFK, [141] most prominent nickname and abbreviation of his full name. Little Boy Blue, he was called by his predecessor Dwight D. Eisenhower [142] Rat Face, kids at his school called him for his skinny appearance ...