Courtesy of Michael Stein:
- Bonestell, Charles Hartwell III
- General US. Army
- Born in New York, September 26, 1909
- Died in Alexandria, Virginia October 13, 1977
- Second Lieutenant 1931
- First Lieutenant 1935
- Captain 1940
- Major 1942
- Lieutenant Colonel 1942
- Colonel 1944
- Lieutenant Colonel 1948
- Colonel 1953
- Brigadier General 1954
- Major General
- Lieutenant General 1962
- General 1966
- Cadet, U.S. Military Academy 1927-31
- Company Commander, 4th Engineers 1934-36
- Assistant to District Engineer, San Francisco 1936
- Military Assistant to District Engineer, 2d Portland District 1936-38
- Student, Engineer School 1938-39 Company Commander, 5th Engineers
- 1939-41 Executive Officer, 5th Engineers 1941-42
- Assistant Chief Engineer, US. Forces, United Kingdom 1942
- Deputy Chief Engineer, 15th Army Group 1943
- Served with G-3 (Plans) Section, ETO 1943
- Served with G-3 (Plans) Section, 12th Army Group 1943-44
- Served with Army General Staff 1944-47
- Special Assistant to Under-Secretary of State 1947-48
- Military Attaché to France 1948-50
- Executive Director, European Co-Ordination Committee 1950-52
- Student, National War College 1952-53
- Special Assistant (National Security Affairs) to the Secretary of Defense 1953-56
- Assistant Division Commander, 24th Infantry Division 1956-57 Assistant
- Division Commander, 1st Cavalry Division 1957-58 Secretary of the Army
- General Staff 1958-60 Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960-61
- Commanding General, 2d Infantry Division 1961-62
- Commanding General, VII Corps 1962-63
- Director of Special Studies, Office of the Chief of Staff 1963-66
- Army Member, United Nations Military Staff Committee 1966
- Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command Korea & Commanding General, 8th
- US. Army 1966-69
- Retired 1969
- Distinguished Service Medal (2); Legion of Merit (2)
General Charles H. Bonesteel, III, Commander of U. S. Forces In Korea 1 September 1966 to 30 September 1969.
His father, Charles Hartwell Bonesteel, Major General, United States Army, is buried nearly in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
BONESTEEL, CHARLES H III
- General, United States Army
- VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown – 10/01/1969
- DATE OF BIRTH: 09/26/1909
- DATE OF DEATH: 10/12/1977
- DATE OF INTERMENT: 10/17/1977
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1519-C
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
BONESTEEL, ALICE P
- DATE OF BIRTH: 12/04/1908
- DATE OF DEATH: 04/17/1993
- DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/23/1993
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1519-C
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF CH BONESTEEL III
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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