Short answers, pulled from the story.
Dwight David Eisenhower was born on the 14th of October 1890 in Denison, Texas, and spent his formative years in Abilene, Kansas. His family moved to Abilene after his father's general store in Hope, Kansas, failed, leaving them with only twenty-four dollars to their name.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in December 1943. He planned and carried out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 under the code name Operation Overlord.
Dwight D. Eisenhower served as president from 1953 to 1961, marking the first Republican return to the White House in 20 years. He was the last president born in the 19th century and the oldest president-elect at age 62 since James Buchanan in 1856.
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which authorized the Interstate Highway System. This project remains the largest construction of roadways in American history and was justified as essential to American security during the Cold War.
Dwight D. Eisenhower led the American response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 by creating NASA and establishing the National Defense Education Act. He also created the Advanced Research Projects Agency in early 1958, which eventually created the ARPANET, a predecessor to the internet.