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Charles H. Gerhardt

United States general · United States · Lived 1895 to 1976 · aged 81

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Charles Hunter Gerhardt was a major general in the United States Army who commanded the 29th Infantry Division from 1943 until the end of the war and during part of the occupation of Germany.

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Gerhardt as a West Point cadet c. 1917Gerhardt as a West Point cadet c. 1917From left to right: Major General William M. Wright, commanding the 89th Division, Major General Frank L. Winn, to succeed Wright in command of the 89th, and Brigadier General Henry D. Todd Jr., commanding the 58th Field Artillery Brigade, Stenay, Meuse, France, November 12, 1918. Standing behind Wright is his aide-de-camp, Captain Charles H. Gerhardt.From left to right: Major General William M. Wright, commanding the 89th Division, Major General Frank L. Winn, to succeed Wright in command of the 89th, and Brigadier General Henry D. Todd Jr., commanding the 58th Field Artillery Brigade, Stenay, Meuse, France, November 12, 1918. Standing behind Wright is his aide-de-camp, Captain Charles H. Gerhardt.89th Division team, Gerhardt standing second from right in back row and Withington in lighter color jersey at front, Higgins bottom left, Lindsey top left and Clark top right89th Division team, Gerhardt standing second from right in back row and Withington in lighter color jersey at front, Higgins bottom left, Lindsey top left and Clark top rightBritish Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, Major General Gordon MacMillan and Major General Charles H. Gerhardt on the saluting base during the ceremony to mark the handover of Bremerhaven by British to American forces, May 1945.British Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, Major General Gordon MacMillan and Major General Charles H. Gerhardt on the saluting base during the ceremony to mark the handover of Bremerhaven by British to American forces, May 1945.The grave of Major General Charles H. Gerhardt and his wife, Nina M. Gerhardt, at Arlington National Cemetery.The grave of Major General Charles H. Gerhardt and his wife, Nina M. Gerhardt, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Awards

Bronze Star Medal
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Silver Star

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Charles Hunter Gerhardt was a major general in the United States Army who commanded the 29th Infantry Division from 1943 until the end of the war and during part of the occupation of Germany. The division's most famous combat operations were the Omaha Beach landings of June 6, 1944, otherwise known as D-Day, the taking of the French crossroads town of Saint-Lô in July 1944, and later the capture of Brest, Jülich, and München-Gladbach.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1976 · aged 81

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