Memoirs of Charles Hunter Gerhardt [microform].

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Memoirs of Charles Hunter Gerhardt [microform].

The collection pertains to Gerhardt's life from prep school through retirement including: West Point; WWI; cavalry service period at Fort Riley, Kansas; education at the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; service in the Philippines; as Commanding General of the 29th Infantry Division in the Normandy invasion in World War II and in the Northwest European Campaign.

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Gerhardt, Charles H. (Charles Hunter), 1895-1976

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Charles Hunter Gerhardt was a United States (U.S.) Army lieutenant for the 3rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment; captain, aide-de-camp to Major General W.M. Wright commanding the III Corps and later the 89th Infantry Division; captain and major, 14th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; major, 8th and 11 U.S. Cavalry Regiments; major, G-1, Philippine Department; lieutenant colonel and colonel, Cavarly; brigadier general, Second Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division; 56th Cavalry Brigade; major general, 91st and 29th Infantry Di...