An 11 foot statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower as a five-star general stands near his tomb at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas. He began his military career in 1911 when he entered West Point and later graduated first in his class. He proceeded to become a five-star general as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces and then the first Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Eisenhower was the 34th President from 1953 to 1961.