Dwight D. Eisenhower: Difference between revisions
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
During [[World War II]], Eisenhower was a general. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Base of Operations (short story)}}, {{cs|Only Connect (short story)}}) He was involved in enforcing German unconditional [[surrender]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)}}) | During [[World War II]], Eisenhower was a general. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Base of Operations (short story)}}, {{cs|Only Connect (short story)}}) He was involved in enforcing [[Third Reich|German]] unconditional [[surrender]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)}}) | ||
Eisenhower was elected President of the United States in [[1952]], with [[Richard Nixon]] as his [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) | Eisenhower was elected President of the United States in [[1952]], with [[Richard Nixon]] as his [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) | ||
Latest revision as of 02:18, 8 December 2024
Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as "Ike", (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"], AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"]) was the 34th President of the United States. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"ed":"2011","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) Prior to his presidency, he was a US Army general.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
During World War II, Eisenhower was a general. (PROSE: Base of Operations [+]Loading...["Base of Operations (short story)"], Only Connect [+]Loading...["Only Connect (short story)"]) He was involved in enforcing German unconditional surrender. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
Eisenhower was elected President of the United States in 1952, with Richard Nixon as his Vice President. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"])
Hugh Nyby met Eisenhower, whom he considered to be "legendary" but "odd". (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
In 1958, Colonel Stark revealed to the Tenth Doctor that President Eisenhower was unaware of his collaboration with the Viperox against Russia, going on to say that the President did not even know that aliens existed. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"])
Eisenhower was succeeded as President by John F. Kennedy in 1961. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"ed":"2011","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}, Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"], Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1960s, the United States government built a moonbase on the far side of the Moon using alien technology. It was named after Eisenhower. It was destroyed by the Sixth Doctor on 23 November 1963. (AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race [+]Loading...["1963: The Space Race (audio story)"])
A waxwork replica of Eisenhower appeared in Madame Tussauds when the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw visited to investigate the first Auton invasion of Earth. (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"])
There was a US Navy ship named after him, the USS Eisenhower. (PROSE: Dancing the Code [+]Loading...["Dancing the Code (novel)"])
Maggie Pulacki did not know who Ike was. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
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