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Abilene to West Point, The Beginnings Of A Life In Service
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Date: December 10, 2014
Created By: Eisenhower Memorial Commission
Collection: Eisenhower Memorial Commission
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Eisenhower grew up in the small, rural town of Abilene, Kansas. At age 20, he left home to enroll at The United States Military Academy at West Point, enrolling in what would come to be 40 years of valued military service.
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