Charles Frost Craig Brigadier General, United States Army |
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man for whom the Berlin Wall's "Checkpoint Charlie" was named died in 1982
at Asheville, North Carolina, after a long illness. He was a highly decorated
general who retired from the Headquarters Staff of U.S. Forces in Tokyo,
Japan, also served in World War II. In July 1953 he became commander of
the Berlin Military Post and the gate in the Berlin Wall was named for
him. In World War II, he served as Assistant Division Commander of the
37th Infantry Division (Buckeyes) in the Southwest Pacific. In 1944 he
was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for a counterttack against
Japanese forces at Hill 700 on Bougainville. He served in both World War
I, World War II and in Korea.
He is buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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