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Charles Craig Cannon

United States Army officer

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United States Army officer

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name	Charles Craig Cannon
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rank	Colonel
unit	332nd Engineers
European Theater of Operations United States Army
battles	World War II

European Theater of Operations United States Army

Charles Craig Cannon (October 24, 1914 – September 20, 1992) was a United States Army officer who served as Aide-de-camp to General Dwight D. Eisenhower following the conclusion of World War II.

Biography

Charles Craig Cannon received his B.E.E. from the University of Delaware in 1936. He was commissioned as a captain in June 1942 and went overseas in August of that year as a regimental officer with the 332nd Engineers. He was appointed Aide-de-camp to General Dwight D. Eisenhower on December 19, 1945. He had previously been serving as a staff officer in ETOUSA (European Theater of Operations United States Army) and USFET (United States Forces, European Theater of Operations) since January 1944.

Following Eisenhower's promotion to chief of staff in 1945, Craig (now a major) became responsible for running Eisenhower's office and supervising his secretaries. Eventually promoted to Colonel, Cannon continued in his capacity as personal aide to Eisenhower when Eisenhower was appointed the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1952.

References

Stephen E. Ambrose (ed.), ''The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: The Chief of Staff'', Vol. VII, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978, p 717, {{ISBN. 0-8018-2061-8
Stephen E. Ambrose, ''Eisenhower'', New York, Simon and Schuster, 1983, p 435, {{ISBN. 0-671-44069-1 (v.1)
Stephen E. Ambrose, ''Eisenhower'', New York, Simon and Schuster, 1983, p 515, {{ISBN. 0-671-44069-1 (v.1)

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