Major General Charles Love Mullins Jr., U.S. Army
Born September 7, 1892
Died March 1, 1976
Cadet, U.S. Military Academy 1913-17
Graduated as No. 5706, Class of 1917
- Second Lieutenant 1917
- First Lieutenant 1917
- Major (Temporary) 1918
- Captain 1919
- Major 1933
- Lieutenant Colonel 1940
- Colonel (AUS) 1941
- Brigadier General (AUS) 1942
- Major General (AUS) 1944
- Colonel 1945
- Major General 1948
Executive Officer, Camp Hill, Virginia January-May 1919
Assistant Professor (Military Science & Tactics), University of Illinois May-November 1919
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
1919-20 Company Commander, 12th Infantry Regiment
1920-21 Aide-de-Camp to Major General Charles G. Morton, Hawaii 1921 Served with 35th Infantry Regiment
1921 Assistant G-4 (Supply), Headquarters Hawaiian Department
1921-24 Acting G-4 (Supply), Headquarters Hawaiian Department April-August
1922 Student, Infantry School
1924-25 Instructor, US. Military Academy
1925-27 Served with 20th Infantry Regiment
1927-29 Student, Infantry School
1929-30 Served with 25th Infantry Regiment
1930-31 Student, Air Corps Tactical School
1931-32 Student, Command & General Staff School
1932-34 Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment
1934-35 Regimental Adjutant, 29th Infantry Regiment
1935-36 Served with Personnel Section, Office of the Chief of Infantry
1936-38 Student, Army War College
1938-39 Superintendent, National Military Academy, Nicaragua
1939-42 Combat Commander, 11th Armored Division
1942-43 Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division
1943-48 Deputy Commanding General, 2d US. Army
1948-49 Chairman, Joint US-Brazil Military Committee 1949-52
Retired 1953
DSM – Silver Star – Bronze Star Medal
An interesting group of twelve Nicaraguan stamps issued to commemorate the Nicaragua Military Academy (NMA) also depicts various USMA graduates, as follows: Fred T. Cruse of Kentucky, class of 1907, the second superintendent of the NMA; Charles Love Mullins, Jr. of Nebraska, class of April 1917, the founder of the NMA and its first superintendent.
We are actively seeking additional information regarding General Mullins and his wife.
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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