Given the question: Facts: - president: richard nixon - party: republican - predecessor: ridgway b. knight - country: belgium - birth date: 03 august 1922 - parents: dwight david eisenhower mamie geneva doud - relations: elivera -lrb- brother -rrb- mathilda carlson -lrb- grandmother -rrb- doud dwight eisenhower - profession: army officer , military historian , diplomat - alt: eisenhower on-board the uss dwight d. eisenhower , 1990 - order: 45th - spouse: barbara -rrb- joanne thompson -lrb- m. 1988-2013 , his death -rrb- thompson -lrb- m. 1947 ; div . 1986 - term end: september 28 , 1971 - name: john eisenhower - death place: trappe , maryland - birth place: denver , colorado - module: yes 1963 -lrb- active -rrb- 1963 -- 1974 -lrb- reserve -rrb- allegiance rank = 12px brigadier general commands = battles = world = war ii korean war awards = bronze star medal combat branch infantryman badge '' see more '' = serviceyears = 1944 -- - ambassador from: united states - successor: robert strausz-hupe - nationality: american - alma mater: u.s. college military academy columbia university command and general staff - children: dwight mary jean eisenhower david eisenhower ii barbara anne eisenhower susan eisenhower - term start: may 14 , 1969 - image: john eisenhower on uss eisenhower.jpeg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john eisenhower .
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john sheldon doud eisenhower -lrb- august 3 , 1922 -- december 21 , 2013 -rrb- was a united states army officer and military historian .as the son of general , later president dwight d. eisenhower , his opportunities for front-line service were often restricted , at some cost to his career , though he ended as a decorated brigadier-general .in the administration of president richard nixon , his father 's one-time vice-president , he served as united states ambassador to belgium .