Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942-43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

		"Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the Day. 'Full victory-nothing less' to paratroopers in England, just before they board their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion of the continent of Europe." Eisenhower is meeting with US Co. E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike) of the 101st Airborne Division, photo taken at Greenham Common Airfield in England about 8:30 p.m. on June 5, 1944. The General was talking about fly fishing with his men as he always did before a stressful operation.		Senior Allied commanders celebrate at Rheims shortly after General Eisenhower had addressed the German mission who had just signed the unconditional surrender document. Present are (left to right): General Ivan Susloparov (Soviet Union), Lieutenant General Frederick E. Morgan (British Army), Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith (US Army), Captain Kay Summersby (US Army) (obscured), Harry C. Butcher (US Navy), General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (US Army), Air Marshal Arthur Tedder (Royal Air Force).
The Supreme Commanders on June 5, 1945 in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.		From left, front row includes army officers Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower, Bradley, Hodges and Gerow in 1945		Dwight D. Eisenhower with Lucius D. Clay at RAF Gatow in West Berlin
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Bernard Montgomery		Photograph of General Dwight D. Eisenhower sitting in the back of a jeep with General George C. Marshall, waving to spectators at the airport in Washington.		General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, and Lt. General Middleton during World War II.
General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) On the signal tower at Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during an inspection tour, 29 April 1946. With him are (from center to right): Rear Admiral Edward W. Hanson, USN, Acting Commandant, 14th Naval District; Admiral John H. Towers, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet; and Major General Howard McC. Snyder, U.S. Army. (Photo Naval History and Heritage Command)