The Boy, The General, The President, and the Man

Good day and a very fine welcome to my internet page. My name is Dwight David Eisenhower, and this is my story. I spent much of my childhood in the country, as I was born in Denison Texas, where I spent a majority of my youth until moving back to Kansas with my family. Being the third of six children, I had to begin both studying and working at a young age to help support my family’s livelihood. I worked in my family’s creamery for 5 years while remaining one of the top in my class at Abeline High School. It was only after I graduated that my friend had suggested applying for the naval academy of Annapolis or the army academy of West Point. With tireless study I passed both exams without much difficulty. Unfortunately I was passed the minimum age of registration for Annapolis however was recommended to West Point by the Kansas senator Joseph Bistow.

My years at West Point were arguably the best and the worst of my life at the same time. I failed to apply myself to the best of my ability academically at West Point while excelling in football and later coaching which would develop my leadership skills later in life. After 5 years at West Point, I had earned my diploma with the upper half of my class. Little did I know, that my graduating class would be called “The class the stars fell on” for producing a remarkable number of successful and admired generals.




After my departure from West Point, I spent the next several years fulfilling basic desk duties which would eventually lead me to meet the love of my life, Mamie Geneva Doud. We would later marry and have a son Doud Eisenhower who would not live to see past the age of three. Getting over the death of my son was difficult, but nothing kept me more occupied than the start of WWI.

My initial assignment was to train recruits and officers who were to be shipped out to France, however my true aspiration was to be shipped out along with them and do my part in France. Unfortunately the closest I would get at the time would be Panama where I was under the command of General Fox Conner. It was this man, however, who would direct me down the path which has made me the man I have become today. With his help, I interested myself in philosophy and military science which would eventually lead me to the Command and General Staff school, the army’s most elite graduate school.

My studies there would take me on tours of Europe giving information that would be invaluable to my career in the near future. Not more than 6 years later, the world was again at war and this time I was determined to make a difference. Through intense work and a leadership of my men, I quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Major General. My successful theatres of Africa which included operation torch and of Europe which included Operation Overlord or D-day earned me favor from my men as well as recognition from the world. I soon found myself commander of the allied forces named General of the Army.

After the war, quite to my surprise, I was nominated for president and won in 1952. My years in office would be known for my constant battle with communism around the world as well as a number of my policies such as the Eisenhower Doctrine which were made to battle it. While in office, on January 1962, I suffered a severe stroke and died, but I had made my mark on the world. My name would never be forgotten and my legacy would live on.

The Day to End All Days

I have had a great deal of both public and personal accomplishments throughout my lifetime. However I find it impossible to think of one that is of a greater magnitude than that I have just been assigned of the amphibious assault in Operation Overlord, or better known as D-Day.

When called by President Roosevelt to aid in the allied efforts stationed in Britain, I never would have expected that it would be my responsibility to host such a gargantuan invasion plan. All I knew of the allied forces was that they had recently been out fought and out gunned on both fronts and that the tide of the war was going against us. I also knew that defeat was not an option. After the conference of Tehran which brought together of the allied powers, Stalin, Churchill and of course Roosevelt, the decision was made that we needed to deliver a counter strike to the Nazis through France.

Now it is my job to organize and prepare a massive invasion force, which will be ready and willing to fight through a heavy German defended line better known as the Atlantic Wall. Both Churchill and I have decided that the most decisive location of attack would be to cross the English Channel and land on the Normandy beaches, with a combined sea and air assault. We have more than 4 full airborne divisions at our disposal as well as 11 different naval landing fleets.

 I am confident for our men but I must fear the worst. I am fully aware at the difficulty of such a landing as the beach head is on constant patrol from German defenses. I have planned to the best of my ability, I have calculated with exact precision, but most of all I have prayed that God might be with us on this day, this day to end all days the 6th of June 1944. Goodluck men.

"And So it Came to and End... "

Another year of intense fighting after the Normandy landings had brought us to heart of Germany, Berlin. It had become a ruined city from constant bombings and allied assaults. Finally, on May 8, 1945, the allies received the full unconditional surrender from the German Army. Although this is cause for world-wide celebration as the iron fist of Hitler’s regime has finally been destroyed, it leaves Germany in a state of limbo with no government, no legislature, and no ruler.

The allied powers have concluded to separate occupied Germany into 8 different zones, each controlled by a separate allied power. They elected me as top candidate to govern the American occupied zone which would leave the responsibilities of governing both the US forces and German civilians living in the zone.

I look at this situation with both enthusiasm and uncertainty as taking on a new “post-war” perspective of the Germans. My first line of duty is to organize the placements of the German POW’s and separate the regulars from Gestapo, SS, and officers to initiate fair trails. The Gestapo and a number of officer’s sentences will be profound to say the least, as my troops have not long ago come across the inhumanity, injustice, and violence of that of the German’s Jewish concentration camps. It is still difficult for me to comprehend many of the scenes I encountered upon my investigation of one. The SS will not walk from the crimes they have committed against innocent civilians.

 Concerning the German civilian population, there is a great shortage of food which worries me as the current economy remains in turmoil. I have ordered immediate rationed distribution of US Army food amongst the general population as a temporary source until a more permanent solution can be found. Germany is in shambles and its people in distress. It was once my job to destroy Germany, now it is my job to help put it back together.

The Enemy of My Enemy ... Remains My Enemy

The war in Europe had come to a bloody and prolonged end, however it did not spell the end for the problems that would persist throughout its land. During the war, the three major allied powers or “Big Three” were recognized as the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Despite previous and continued tension between the western powers and the Soviet Union, our alliance was made in pursuit of a common goal to defeat the German War machine. The closing of the war meant the closing of this common goal which would spell problems for almost 30 years to come.



After my departure of the war and several years back in America, I soon found myself back in Europe, this time as Supreme Allied Commander who would take charge of the defenses and the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. NATO feared Soviet expansion to the east as they now occupied almost the entire eastern bloc while on the other hand, the Soviets feared another invasion and wished to spread influence to protect themselves.

It was left to me to begin defenses in order to contain Soviet expansion further east. My job was extremely difficult however; I was put in command of an army that did not exist. NATO had virtually no manpower or supplies, so it was simple to decide my first order of business. I first established a NATO headquarters to rally the combined nations and begin organization of a cumulative force from every country. As our power increased though, so did my doubt as no one was absolutely certain of Soviet activities east of Berlin. This division of nations would come to be known as the “Iron Curtain” across Europe. The last thing in the interest of NATO was the begin another war following the destruction brought upon the continent by WWII.

It is my hope that a continued peace can be sustained between us and the Soviet Union, however this does not remove my doubt with them. Our history through the war gives me reason to trust them, but the grip and oppression of their Soviet government is undeniable, and so our past ally appears to be our next enemy.

An Uncertain Future

Will the world ever find peace? As I approach my days in office, I encounter more doubt than I do enthusiasm. The world has just begun to repair the deep wounds made by the World War, and almost immediately tensions begin to escalate. Europe is unstable, weak, and divided and as the President of the United States of America, it is my duty to lead our nation in defending liberty of free peoples everywhere.

It appears the main competitor of this goal, a goal of the United States, Great Britain, France, and all other democratic powers, remains to be the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics or the USSR. While I build policies to help both introduce and restore free elections back into Europe and other territories such as the Middle East and Asia, the USSR does precisely the opposite. The last thing the people of the United States need at the moment is the entrance into another war, and a nuclear war at that as the Soviets have now acquired the same technology that had won the war of the Pacific for us in WWII.

As we attempt to claim territories oppressed by communism and socialism, the Soviets look to defend them, this has lead to conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.

 I am unsure of what the future will bring, but it appears grim at best. Peace will eventually be found between our nations, but I assure everyone that it will not be easy and that it will not come a cheap price.