Dwight David Eisenhower

Doud Dwight (Ikky) Eisenhower

Born September 24, 1917; died January 2, 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland, of scarlet fever.)

John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower

Born August 3, 1922- ) A decorated hero, John Eisenhower found his World War II military career thwarted at every turn by fears for his safety and concern from the top brass that his capture would be an unwanted distraction to Ike, the Allied Commander. He served as a White House aide to his father and as U. S. ambassador to Belgium in the Nixon administration. John's greatest achievements came as a military historian, his numerous books popular with readers and reviewers alike. His most famous history, The Bitter Woods, is considered to be the definitive study on the Battle of the Bulge. Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I was published in 2001 when John Eisenhower was nearly 79 years of age. John Eisenhower, the oldest living presidential child lives in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947, but they divorced in 1986. The Eisenhower's had four exceptional children including Dwight David, II who married Julie Nixon, herself a presidential daughter.

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