The Veterans Inaugural Ball – Salute to Heroes began at the request of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It has provided an opportunity for the newly sworn in commander in chief to personally pay ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the ...

American soldiers were unprepared for what they discovered in the Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany in April 1945: piles ...

The move is being discussed as part of a possible restructuring of combatant commands that would help the Defense Department ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower ran on the campaign of active Cold War containment, pledging “I shall go to Korea” to secure “an early and honorable” peace. Challenges: In 1957, the Soviet Sputnik—the world’s ...

The Inaugural Luncheon ... The event as it is known today came to be in 1953 after President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited some 50 guests to join him and his wife for an exquisite meal to rein ...

I first encountered Dwight David Eisenhower in sixth grade during our ... The night before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the American general, unable to sleep, smoked heavily.

Just prior to leading Allied troops in an invasion of North Africa in 1942, General Dwight Eisenhower made an astute observation about the nature of leadership. He wrote, "I firmly determined that ...