John Eisenhower Dead: Historian And President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Son Dies At 91 [View all]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of President Dwight D. Eisenhower says his son, 91-year-old John S.D. Eisenhower, has died.
The retired brigadier general and military historian had resided on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the community of Trappe, Md. No cause was given for his death Saturday.
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver in 1922 to Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie. He was an assistant staff secretary in the White House during the last few years of his father's administration, and served as U.S. ambassador to Belgium during the Nixon administration.
Eisenhower was the author of numerous books about military history.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- John S.D. Eisenhower, the son of a five-star general turned president who forged his own career in the U.S. Army and then chronicled the history of the American military in numerous books, died Saturday. He was 91.
Eisenhower lived on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the community of Trappe, Md. In a statement, his family gave no cause of death.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Eisenhower "a true patriot" and praised him as "an accomplished soldier, diplomat and author."
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was born in Denver on Aug. 3, 1922, the second son of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Their first child died of scarlet fever the year before at age 3.
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