Charles Calvin Pixley (August 8, 1923 – December 31, 2005)[1] was the 34th Surgeon General of the United States Army, serving in that capacity from October 1, 1977, to September 20, 1981.

He completed his residency in surgery at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, from November 1948 to September 1949 after which he completed a special course in orthopedic surgery at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons until November 1949 when he was promoted to captain.

He was then assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center for a one-year residency in general surgery as off 1 January 1950.

In February 1954, Pixley was transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia, and assigned to the U.S. Army Hospital.

He returned from Asia in June 1967 to become for three years the commanding officer of the Army Medical Training Center at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.

He left there in April 1970 for assignment to Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland where he served as First Army Surgeon.

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