where was dwight d. eisenhower from?
United States of America
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 Dwight D. ( Ike ) Eisenhower had a long history with the Gettysburg area . His graduating class from West Point had visited the battlefield in 1915 . In 1918 , he was assigned to nearby Camp Colt in his first independent command as an army officer , commanding a tank training unit ; he and Mamie Eisenhower were newly married . 

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 Throughout his long army career , Dwight Eisenhower and his wife never had a house to call their own , with the couple moving from army post to army post . After he became Columbia University 's president in 1948 , Mamie requested that they finally have a place to call their own . A married couple that were friends with the Eisenhowers , George and Mary Allen , had recently purchased a small farm around Gettysburg , and recommended the area . In 1950 , they found a " run @-@ down farm " on the outskirts of Gettysburg , and purchased the farm and its 189 acres ( 76 ha ) for $ 40 @,@ 000 ( equal to $ 393 @,@ 416 today ) from one Allen Redding , who had owned the farm since 1921 . Eisenhower stated that he could feel the " forgotten heroisms " that occurred on the grounds as the Battle of Gettysburg . 

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 The Daniels family moved to Indiana from Pennsylvania in 1959 when his father accepted a job at the Indianapolis headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Pittman @-@ Moore . Then 11 @-@ year @-@ old Daniels was accustomed to the mountains , and he at first disliked the flatland of central Indiana . He was still in grade school at the time of the move and first attended Delaware Trail Elementary , Westlane Junior High School , and North Central High School . In high school he was student body president . After graduation in 1967 , Daniels was named one of Indiana 's Presidential Scholars — the state 's top male high school graduate that year — by President Lyndon B. Johnson . 

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 Under his fictional persona in The Colbert Report , Colbert dropped hints of a potential presidential run throughout 2007 , with speculation intensifying following the release of his book , I Am America ( And So Can You ! ) , which was rumored to be a sign that he was indeed testing the waters for a future bid for the White House . On October 16 , 2007 , he announced his candidacy on his show , stating his intention to run both on the Republican and Democratic platforms , but only as a " favorite son " in his native South Carolina . He later abandoned plans to run as a Republican due to the $ 35 @,@ 000 fee required to file for the South Carolina primary , however he continued to seek a place on the Democratic ballot and on October 28 , 2007 , campaigned in the South Carolina state capital of Columbia , where he was presented with the key to the city by Mayor Bob Coble . 

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 In France , George met William " Billy " Mitchell and became convinced that Mitchell 's vision of an independent Air Force was the best future direction for the American military . 
