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Dwight David Eisenhower's boyhood home was in Abilene, Kansas. He became General of the Army, served during World War II, and was President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. In 1945, at a homecoming, he said, "The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene."
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Abilene, Kansas · United States
