It is related to the Eisenhower jacket.

* Eisenhower jacket, a waist-length, fitted, military-inspired jacket with a waistband based on the World War II British Army's Battle Dress jacket introduced by General Dwight Eisenhower

* Eisenhower jacket

Called the ETO ( European Theater of Operations ) jacket, American soldiers dubbed it the Ike Jacket, after General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Called the " Jacket, Field, Wool, M-1944 ", it was commissioned by then General Dwight Eisenhower as a new field jacket for the US Forces in Northern Europe.

* Eisenhower jacket

Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower ( pronounced, ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969 ) was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

To inform an audience or readership of a person's nickname without actually calling them by their nickname, English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names ( e. g., Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower, Daniel Lamont " Bubba " Franks, etc.

* Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 1890 – 1969 ), a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, popularly known as " Ike "

** Interstate 290 ( Illinois ), a portion of which is officially named the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway, or " the Ike "

** Ike ( TV miniseries ), 1979 television miniseries about Dwight D. Eisenhower

He also portrayed United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the television miniseries Ike ( 1979 ).

Bradley was incensed, and began shouting at Eisenhower: " By God, Ike, I cannot be responsible to the American people if you do this.

Most were of a historical nature, including two noted miniseries: Ike, in which she portrayed Kay Summersby, alongside Robert Duvall as General Dwight Eisenhower, and Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill where she portrayed Winston Churchill's mother, the American debutante Lady Randolph Churchill who married Lord Randolph Churchill.

Wilson succeeded Dwight D. " Ike " Eisenhower at Allied Forces Headquarters ( AFHQ ) as the Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean on 8 January 1944.

Surprising many of his fans, Selleck unexpectedly played the role of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in A & E's 2004 made-for-TV movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower | Ike 1972 clad dollar ( obverse ).

From 1971 to 1978, the U. S. Mint issued dollar coins with the obverse depicting President Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower and the reverse the insignia of the Apollo 11 moon landing, both designed by Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro.

During the Second World War, while promotion and fame came to " Ike ," his wife lived in Washington, D. C. After he became president of Columbia University in 1948, the Eisenhowers purchased a farm ( now the Eisenhower National Historic Site ) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The lineup included a Liberty Tree Knife made by Larry Harley ; a Robert E. Lee Knife and an Alamo Knife honoring Jim Bowie designed by Jerry Fisk ; an Ike Knife honoring Dwight David Eisenhower designed by Jim Crowell and a Crazy Horse Knife by Brent Evans.

As Michigan's delegate chairman Summerfield convinced the large, uncommitted Michigan delegation to support Eisenhower, thus providing " Ike " with a major boost before the voting.

The Eisenhower dollar followed the Peace dollar after a lapse of 36 years in dollar coinage and is named for General of the Army and President Dwight David " Ike " Eisenhower, who appears on the obverse.

* Obverse design: General / President Ike Eisenhower

The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois from July 7 to July 11, 1952, and nominated the popular general and war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas, also known as " Ike ," for president and the anti-communist crusading Senator from California, Richard Milhous Nixon, for vice president.

In short form, it is known as " the Ike " or the Eisenhower.

With the publication of Plain Speaking a new vein in Miller's talent was discovered and in succession he wrote two best-selling biographies, Lyndon, a Biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Ike the Soldier, a biography of General Dwight David Eisenhower.

He had conducted scores of interviews with political figures, cabinet members, relatives and friends of the late President Eisenhower, as well as completed all the research with the intention of writing a second volume to be titled Ike the President, but died just after finishing the first volume Ike the Soldier.

One of the obvious conclusions we can make on the basis of the last election, I suppose, is that we, the majority, were dissatisfied with Eisenhower conservatism.

It is testimony to the deep respect in which Mr. Eisenhower was held by members of all parties that the moral considerations raised by his approach to the matter were not explicitly to be broached.

Senator Mundt's gross distortion of President Eisenhower's conversation into a denunciation of President Kennedy as too left wing, a statement Mr. Eisenhower declared to be entirely false, is another case in point.

Four hundred million dollars of the increase is for the expanded space program, a responsibility similarly neglected by Mr. Eisenhower.

Of current interest is Abilene, Kansas, the birthplace of ex-President Eisenhower.

-- James P. Mitchell and Sen. Walter H. Jones R-Bergen, last night disagreed on the value of using as a campaign issue a remark by Richard J. Hughes, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, that the GOP is `` Campaigning on the carcass of Eisenhower Republicanism ''.

Hughes said Monday, `` It is the apparent intention of the Republican Party to campaign on the carcass of what they call Eisenhower Republicanism, but the heart stopped beating and the lifeblood congealed after Eisenhower retired.

Sunday he had added, `` We can love Eisenhower the man, even if we considered him a mediocre president but there is nothing left of the Republican Party without his leadership ''.

`` He is wrong to inject Eisenhower into this campaign '', he said, `` because the primary is being waged on state issues and I will not be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign ''.

Assuming the weather is halfway decent that day, hundreds of thousands of persons will mass along this thoroughfare as President John F. Kennedy and retiring President Dwight D. Eisenhower leave Capitol Hill following the oath-taking ceremonies and ride down this historic ceremonial route.

Their Eisenhower is insubstantial.

* Since 2006, he is the chairman of the Board of Trustees for Eisenhower Fellowships

Eisenhower is now often ranked as one of the top ten U. S. Presidents.

In May 1955 McCarthy threatened to issue subpoenas to White House personnel ; Eisenhower was furious, and issued an order as follows: " It is essential to efficient and effective administration that employees of the Executive Branch be in a position to be completely candid in advising with each other on official matters ... it is not in the public interest that any of their conversations or communications, or any documents or reproductions, concerning such advice be disclosed.

Eisenhower is buried alongside his son Doud, who died at age 3 in 1921.

In recent surveys of historians, Eisenhower often is ranked in the top 10 among all U. S. Presidents.

Eisenhower is remembered for his role in World War II, the creation of the Interstate Highway System and ending the Korean War.

The Interstate Highway System is officially known as the ' Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways ' in his honor.

The statue is located in front of the current US Embassy, London and across from the former command center for the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, offices Eisenhower occupied during the war.

Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma near his birthplace of Denison is named in his honor.

His birthplace is currently operated by the State of Texas as the Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site.

The Eisenhower Golf Club at the United States Air Force Academy, a 36-hole facility featuring the Blue and Silver courses, which is ranked No. 1 among DoD courses, is named in his honor.