The former Commander in chief of the Allied forces [Getty Images]

PARIS, FRANCE: The former Commander in chief of the Allied forces in Europe (1943) and the future US President General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969) poses for a photographer in 1951 at NATO Paris headquarters. In 1950, Eisenhower was made supreme commander of the Combined Land Forces in NATO, and in 1952 the popularity which he had gained in Europe swept him to victory in the US presidential elections, standing as a Republican. He was re-elected in 1956. (Photo credit should read AFP via Getty Images) — see more

PARIS, FRANCE: The former Commander in chief of the Allied forces in Europe (1943) and the future US President General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969) poses for a photographer in 1951 at NATO Paris headquarters. In 1950, Eisenhower was made supreme commander of the Combined Land Forces in NATO, and in 1952 the popularity which he had gained in Europe swept him to victory in the US presidential elections, standing as a Republican. He was re-elected in 1956. (Photo credit should read AFP via Getty Images)

General and Mrs Dwight Eisenhower smiling as they leave the polling booths, voting in the Presidential election, November 5th 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) — see more

General and Mrs Dwight Eisenhower smiling as they leave the polling booths, voting in the Presidential election, November 5th 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1955: Headshot portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth President of the Unites States, who served for two terms from 1953 to 1961. He established the truce that ended the Korean War in 1953. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979), Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (1895-1979) and his wife attend the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 26th June 1959. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) — see more

American President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979), Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (1895-1979) and his wife attend the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 26th June 1959. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Dwight Eisenhower, President Of The United States (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) — see more

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: Dwight Eisenhower, President Of The United States (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)