Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, lived with his family at 206 Austin Loop while stationed at Fort Benning as a major from 1926 to 1927. During that time, he served as executive office of the 24th Infantry, commanded the 2d Battalion, and coached the Fort Benning Doughboy football team to an all-Army championship. Born to Ida and David Eisenhower in Denison, Texas, on Oct. 14, 1890, he moved with his family to Abilene, Kansas, in 1891, entered West Point in 1911, and graduated in 1915, 61st in a class of 164. Assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, he met and married Mamie Geneva Doud in 1916. By 1918, he was a lieutenant colonel battalion commander, but two years later, as a captain in a small peace-time Army, he nearly left the service when not selected to attend the Infantry Officers’ Course. He later attended Command and General Staff School and ranked first in his class. During World War II, he commanded the Allied invasion of North Africa, the Italian Campaign, and all Allied expeditionary forces during the June 6, 1944 Normandy Invasion. After the war, he served as Chief of Staff of the Army and Supreme Commander of NATO, was inaugurated as President in 1953, served two terms, and died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on March 28, 1969.