1890: Born in Texas

1915: Graduates from West Point

1917: Supervises training of the Tank Corps in Fort Meade, Maryland, during World War I

1925: Attends the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School, graduating first in his class

1930s: Serves as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur

1939-45: World War II

1943-45: Serves as supreme commander of the Allies during the latter half of World War II

1944: Plans the successful invasions of German strongholds in North Africa and Italy; directs the D-Day invasion of France

1945: Commands the Battle of the Bulge, effectively ending Nazi aggression in Western Europe

1948-50: Serves as president of Columbia University

1950-52: Serves as commander of the NATO Forces in Europe

1953-61: Serves as thirty-fifth U.S. president

1954: Supreme Court calls for an end to racial segregation in schools in the

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