By the time of graduation Eisenhower was a Second Lieutenant in the Army. After Dwight's graduation from West Point in June of 1915, he first assignment was at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After his first assignment Ike was then involved in Army’s 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy, the Tank Corps, the Battle Monuments Commission, football coaching, and training recruits for World War I. Soon after, he met General Fox Conner. Conner's influence on Dwight had a key role in his acceptance by the Army's Command and General Staff School. He graduation first of two hundred forty five men. Following his graduation, Eisenhower served under General Douglas MacArthur, becoming MacArthur's aide in the Philippines. After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th, 1941, (D-Day), Eisenhower was yet again called to the War Department where Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall put Eisenhower in charge of plans for the Pacific War that was now going on. After two months at that position he was then promoted by Marshall Chief of the War Plans Division. Then while in this position he attained his second general’s star.
In June of 1942, "Marshall sent him to England on a special mission to build cooperation among the Allies as Commanding General, U.S. Army, European Theater. Eisenhower arrived in England on June 24, 1942, and except for a brief stateside visit in January 1944, he was separated from his family until June 1945, following the end of the war in Europe.
In June of 1942, "Marshall sent him to England on a special mission to build cooperation among the Allies as Commanding General, U.S. Army, European Theater. Eisenhower arrived in England on June 24, 1942, and except for a brief stateside visit in January 1944, he was separated from his family until June 1945, following the end of the war in Europe.
"General Eisenhower served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from November 1945 until February 1948. He resigned from the Army on February 7, 1948 to serve as president of Columbia University. In 1950, at President Truman's request Eisenhower took a leave of absence from Columbia to command the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, during the following two years he would stay in touch with Columbia and especially with the American Assembly, a university innovation to which he had devoted substantial energy and time. On June 1, 1952 Eisenhower returned to the United States to campaign actively for the presidency." (Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Archives)