Charles Craig Cannon | |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1914 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | 332nd Engineers European Theater of Operations United States Army |
Battles: | World War II |
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.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]