General Dwight D. Eisenhower was, after all ... Eisenhower was also the president who helped created NASA, a direct result of the success of Russia's space program (i.e. Sputnik).

Here is an enduring image of the Second World War—Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, huddling with members of the 101st Airborne Division on the eve of D-Day.

WASHINGTON -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, the victorious allied commander of World War II who went on to become America's President in peace-time, died at 12:25 p.m. EST. He was 78. The famed general of ...