Charles L. Mullins Jr.

Charles Love Mullins Jr. (7 September 1892 – 1 March 1976) was a United States Army major general.

[1][2] He entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York in June 1913, graduating, 105th out of 139, in April 1917, shortly after the American entry into World War I, with a commission in the infantry.

[3][4] Reduced in rank to captain, Mullins served as a company commander from July 1920 to January 1921 in California and Hawaii.

Mullins joined the 29th Infantry in September 1934 as executive officer of the 1st Battalion until June 1935 and then adjutant of the regiment until February 1936.

In August 1939, he became director of the new Academia Militar de Nicaragua and was made a colonel in the Nicaraguan National Guard.

Mullins returned to the United States in early 1942, shortly after America's entrance into World War II, and received a temporary promotion to brigadier general in July 1942.

After its 1943 combat operations, the division was re-equipped and retrained in New Zealand and New Caledonia before joining the fight for Luzon in January 1945.

[1] He died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Mullins as a cadet at West Point, 1917
Two men in uniform shake hands. One is bear headed; Krueger wears his garrison cap. With them is a man wearing a steel helmet. A jeep is parked behind them.
Colonel James Dalton II (left) shakes hands with General Walter Krueger , commanding the Sixth Army , on Luzon, March/April 1945. In the center is Major General Charles L. Mullins Jr., the 25th Division's commander.
Major General Mullins, commanding the 25th Infantry Division, points out the meaning of the insignia on a captured Japanese officer's saber to Lt. Col. V. L. Johnson, at the front in San Manuel , Luzon, January 1945.