Ike's son, a historian, dies at 91
WASHINGTON — John S.D. Eisenhower, son of the five-star general turned president, forged his own career in the U.S. Army and then chronicled the history of the American military in numerous books. He died Saturday at age 91.
Eisenhower lived on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the community of Trappe.
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. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Their first child had died of scarlet fever the year before at 3.
Both father and son graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the son on June 6, 1944 — the day his father oversaw the Allied invasion of Europe. He spent 35 years in the Army, including 19 years on active duty and several years in the Reserve. He retired with the rank of brigadier general.
By The Associated Press
