Americans expecting a hero's farewell speech—the kind that General Douglas MacArthur gave at West Point one year later—were surprised by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's final address from the ...

Prior to World War II, Dwight Eisenhower had resigned himself to ... Born in Denison, Texas, Eisenhower began his military career as a West Point graduate in 1915, and concluded it as Supreme ...

Courtesy: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library The career military ... Eisenhower graduated from West Point in 1915 and hoped to serve in the glamorous cavalry corps. Instead, he found himself stationed ...