Charles H. Gerhardt
United States general
Died when: 81 years 125 days (976 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Major General Charles Hunter Gerhardt (June 6, 1895 – October 9, 1976) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II.
During the latter, he 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 (his 49th birthday), otherwise known as D-Day, and the taking of the French crossroads town of Saint-Lô in July 1944.
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