There's no polling data on how veterans voted in 1952. I relied on what I'd always heard about Eisenhower's appeal to veterans. You can find it expressed in A Nation Forged in War: How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along by Thomas A. Bruscino:
Eisenhower had a special appeal among veterans. They connected with him in a way that they rarely did with generals.
You find similar sentiments expressed in many other accounts of the day. I assumed this translated to votes for Ike at the polls, and to some extent it must have.
If I went too far so be it. Die-hard Democrats probably didn't vote Republican in 1952 just because they had served under Eisenhower.
But you haven't shown me anything to indicate that much of Eisenhower support was personal rather than ideological, or that WWII veterans weren't more supportive of Eisenhower than of Dewey, or that there really was (by today's standards) a "huge gender gap" in 1952.
Gee, that’s nice, thanks for your opinions.