Charles D. Palmer

Palmer was born in Chicago, Illinois on 20 February 1902. After graduating from Washington High School in Washington, D.C., he entered the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1924. ==Military career==

, probably after the Korean War As the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Palmer, then a major, was in the British West Indies working to establish military bases and on anti-submarine warfare projects. Palmer went to Europe in 1944 as chief of staff of the 2nd Armored Division, then commanded by Major General Edward H. Brooks, and continued in that role during the Normandy invasion, the breakout from Saint-Lô, and crossing the Siegfried Line. walking with Major General Edward H. Brooks, sometime in 1944. Stood behind Eisenhower is Lieutenant General Omar Bradley while Colonel Charles D. Palmer is behind Brooks. During Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France in August 1944, he was chief of staff of the VI Corps, and during this time he received a battlefield promotion to brigadier general. Palmer was with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan on occupation duty when the Korean War erupted. He was the commander of the division artillery and later the division commander, participating in six campaigns. Palmer's later posts included Commander, Sixth United States Army in California and Deputy Commander of United States forces in Europe. After serving as Deputy Commander in Chief, United States European Command, he retired in 1962. Awards and decorations ==Post military career==

After retiring from the army, Palmer settled in Washington and worked as a military consultant with the Research Analysis Corporation. He was also a director of both St. Albans School and the Retired Officers Association, and a member of the Army and Navy Club. Palmer died in Washington, D.C., on 7 June 1999, at the age of 97 of cardiac arrest in his home in Knollwood, a military retirement community. ==References==