Theodore Leslie Futch Theodore Leslie Futch ( January 19 , 1895 – January 18 , 1992 ) was a United States Army officer with the rank of Brigadier General . He spent his whole Army career in the Field Artillery Branch . Early life . Theodore Leslie Futch was born on January 19 , 1895 in Monroe , North Carolina . He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point , New York and graduated there on August 30 , 1917 . He was also commissioned Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery on the same date . Many of his West Point classmates later became a general officers during World War II . For example : Theodore E . Buechler , Miles A . Cowles , Henry A . Barber or William O . Reeder . Futch served in France during World War I and was appointed an Aide de Camp to Brigadier general Harry G . Bishop , who served as commander of the 3rd Artillery Brigade . He served in this capacity until 1919 , when he was transferred back to the States , where he was appointed a Professor of military science and tactics at Iowa State College . In 1926 , Futch attended the Battery Officer ' s Course at United States Army Field Artillery School at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . Subsequently served there as an instructor until 1930 . While serving as a Captain with 13th Field Artillery Regiment at Oahu , Hawaii , he saved a life from drowning of Private First Class Alexander J . Kaye of the Service Battery . For this action , Futch was awarded with the Soldier ' s Medal . In 1935 , Futch graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas . Then he served as an professor of military science and tactics at Alabama Polytechnic Institute until 1939 . World War II . During the year of 1939 , Futch was transferred back to Hawaii , where he served with 11th Field Artillery Brigade . In 1940 Futch was appointed a Commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion , 18th Field Artillery Regiment . His next service assignment was back at Fort Sill in Oklahoma , where he was appointed Executive Officer of the Field Artillery School . In 1942 he was appointed an Assistant Commander of the Field Artillery School . In December 1942 , Futch was transferred to the XIII Corps under command of Major General Emil F . Reinhardt , where was appointed a Corps Artillery Commander . He spent his time with Corps in the States and in November 1943 , he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General . In 1944 he was transferred to the 35th Infantry Division under the command of Major general Paul W . Baade as its Artillery Commander . Then he was sent to the European Theater . With 35th Division , Futch participated in many battles of World War II , including combats in France , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Belgium and Germany . Futch stayed with the 35th Division until September 1945 , where the Division returned to the States . For his service with the 35th Infantry Division during the War , Futch was awarded with Legion of Merit , four Bronze Star Medal s and some other foreign decorations . Postwar Life . On September 25 , 1945 Futch was appointed the Commanding general of Fort Bragg in North Carolina and stayed in this capacity until the beginning of January 1946 . Futch then served as Executive Officer of the Civilian Components at Fort McPherson , Georgia , before he was transferred to The Citadel , where he was an Professor of Military Science & Tactics until 1950 . His last military assignment was as Commanding General of the Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania , where he retired on August 31 , 1954 . Following his retirement , he served as the Commandant of Cadets at Lyman Ward Military Academy in Camp Hill , Alabama from 1959 through 1967 . Personal life . Brigadier general Theodore L . Futch was married twice : First in 1925 with Ida Reid Calhoun , with whom he had a daughter . They have divorced in 1929 , but Futch married again and have another son and two daughters . Decorations . Here is Brigadier general Futch´s ribbon bar :