First love and a High School Coach called him the most outstanding tackle in the valley. The active life was important, but the greatest single staple of the eisenhower family life was religious observance. The family home in abilene shows the influence of their religious conviction. The bible was the guide of family life. Wall of the bench room shared by dwight and his brother hangs the simple testament of fate, thy will be done. It was a home of patriotism, as well as faith. Nd of respect and hard work, was also a staple of the family routine. The creamery where Young Eisenhower worked during his spare time is still one of abilenes industries. Young Dwight Eisenhower grew to a man hood world would one day know well. Abilene 20eft when he left abilene. Many a Great American has begun their march in history as a cadet. Eisenhower was graduated from the military academy in 1915. A new phase of life was beginning. In the summer of 1916 as a newly , heoted First Lieutenant married geneva of denver. Events in europe were forging a new phase of life for the entire world. World war i gave many a future general their First Experience with combat. A youngisenhower eisenhower was not among them. Command of a Tank Training Center in pennsylvania, where he prepared troops for overseas duty. Performance won for him a distinguished metal. Get to europe it ended. Late 1920s, major Dwight D Eisenhower was assigned to prepare a guidebook on the battlefield. It was his first direct experience. With the 30s came other assignments. Under general douglas mccarthy, for four years he worked with come for fourhur years he worked to develop a plan for military defense. Eisenhower went to fort lewis as it as officer of the 15th regimen. In the dark spring of 1940, armored divisions were crashing through belgium. Beleaguered britain was standing. The United States had passed a Selective Service act and prepared for what inevitably delay inevitably laid ahead. And the challenge was to aid in that preparation. Late in 1940 he was made staff of the third division, where his assignment brought him as chief. F staff for the ninth core in the summer of 19 41, colonel eisenhower became chief of staff to walter krueger, whose newly organized third army was preparing to participate in the most realistic warm and diverse yet held by american troops. These maneuvers over the louisiana countryside as america. Or the growing army of citizen soldiers, eisenhowers task was to work out a path of defense for the mechanized force. Soon after the maneuvers were over, eisenhower was promoted to brigadier general. Within a matter of days came the bombing of pearl harbor. From this moment on the fate of the nation and fate of general dwight d. Eisenhower would be in next ripley that would be inextricably bound together. Among the plans formulated during this time was the central strategic determination to make an eventual attack across the English Channel the principal ally of defenses. A mural covering the west wall of the Eisenhower Museum dramatizes the spot for the next sequence involving the nation and the man, whose ability to rise to great responsibilities brought him rapid promotions. Because an allout invasion would be impossible and because the need for offensive action theimmediate in 1942, allies undertook as a combined operation, under the command of general dwight the eisenhower, the invasion of north africa. The minimum objectives was to seize the main port between casablanca and algae are and ier. E are and alg along the rim of a north african coast, troops encountered resistance ranging for miles. The commanders hope was to push quickly eased along the mediterranean and take the important post. But a number of unfavorable circumstances, including treacherous weather conditions, prompted a man to hold off in his vital assault. In the spring however, troops of the second core were able to and with these victories came the end of the axis empire in africa. The allied leaders and the men who had fought under them proudly commemorated their victory. One of the greatest products of this victory and the words of the commander himself was the progress achieved in the welding of allied unity and the establishment of a combat team that was already showing the effects among all of its members. The Successful End of the campaign brought personal recognition of eisenhower throughout the world as a great