Military Career Of Dwight D. Eisenhower

The military career of Dwight D. Eisenhower encompassed over forty years of active service to include the following assignments, dates of rank, and awards.

DATES OF RANK

Second Lieutenant , United States Army : June 12, 1915

First Lieutenant . United States Army: July 1, 1916

Captain , United States Army: May 15, 1917

Major , National Army : June 17, 1918

Lieutenant Colonel , National Army: October 14, 1918

Captain (reverted to permanent rank), Regular Army : June 30, 1920

Major, Regular Army: July 2, 1920

Lieutenant Colonel, Regular Army: July 1, 1936

Colonel , Regular Army: March 11, 1941

Brigadier General , Regular Army: September 29, 1941

Major General , Army Of The United States : March 27, 1942

Lieutenant General , Army of the United States: July 7, 1942

General , Army of the United States: February 11, 1943

General Of The Army , Army of the United States: December 20, 1944

General of the Army rank made permanent in the Regular Army: April 11, 1946

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

United States

Army Distinguished Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters

Navy Distinguished Service Medal

Legion Of Merit

World War I Victory Medal

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver and four bronze Service Stars

American Campaign Medal

American Defense Service Medal with "Foreign Service" Clasp

World War II Victory Medal

Mexican Border Service Medal

Army Of Occupation Medal with "Germany" clasp

International Awards

British Order Of The Bath

British Order Of Merit

British African Star

Belgian Order Of Leopold

Belgian Croix De Guerre

French Legion Of Honor

French Croix De Guerre

French Liberation Medal

Luxembourg War Cross

Luxembourg Medal Of Merit

Czechoslovakian Order Of The White Lion

Czechoslovakian Golden Star Of Victory

Danish Order Of The Elephant

Moroccan Order Of Ouissan Alaouite

Netherlands Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Lion

Russian Order Of Victory

Russian Order Of Suvorov

Polish Virtuti Militari

Polish Cross of Grunwald

Polish Rastituta Chevalier

Argentinian Great Cross of the Order of the Liberator

Brazilian Grand Cross Order of Military Merit

Brazilian Grand Cross Order of Aeronautical Merit

Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross

Brazil War Medal

Brazil Campaign Medal

Chief Commander of the Chilean Order of Merit

Chinese Grand Cordon of the Order of Yun Hui

Chinese Grand Cordon of the Order of Yun Fei

Ecuadorian Star of Abdon Calderon

Egyptian Grand Cordon of the Order of Ismal

Ethiopian Order of Solomon

Greek Order of George I with Swords

Guatemalan Cross of Military Merit

Haitian Great Cross of the Order of Honor and Merit

Grand Cross of the Italian Military Order

Order of Mexican Military Merit

Mexican Aztec Eagle

Medal of Mexican Civic Merit

Norwegian Order of St. Olaf

Tunisian Grand Cordon of the Nishan Iftikar

In addition, Eisenhower's name was given to a variety of streets, avenues, etc. in cities around the world, including Paris , France .

SEE ALSO

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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