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Correct Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the Army and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful Invasion of Normandy in 1944–45 from the Western Front.

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The 1st Commercial Passenger Flight Was Only in the Air for 23 Minutes

In 1914, Abram Pheil, a former mayor of Saint Petersburg, and, Tony Jannus, a pilot, took a 23-minute plane ride from Saint Petersburg to Tampa. Pheil paid $400, the equivalent of about $8,500 today, to fly the 21 miles that separate the two cities.

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