Video: 'Dwight D. Eisenhower Biography: Military General and U.S. President'

(Tuesday, October 14, 1890) — Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, was born today in Denison, Texas.

Video: 'Eisenhower: The American Experience'

During World War II, Eisenhower became a five-star general in the Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front.