This letter, written by Dwight D. Eisenhower to Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow, requests appointment to the military academy at either Annapolis or West Point. Eisenhower, born October 14, 1890, was nearly 20 but claimed to be a year younger as the Naval Academy did not accept candidates over age 18. Eisenhower secured Bristow's appointment to West Point.
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Dwight David Eisenhower to U.S. Senator Joseph L. Bristow - 2
