Eisenhower



Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969), US general and 34th president of the United States (1953-1961): commander of Allied forces in Europe (1943-1945; 1951-1952). In France on 31 January 1945, Private Eddie Slovik was shot by a firing squad for desertion. He was the first American to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.