World War II Honoree

Charles Russell Codman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boston, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

IN 1942, HE RE-JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AT THE RANK OF MAJOR. BECAUSE OF HIS FLUENCY IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A TRANSLATOR TO ACCOMPANY OPERATION TORCH, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN INVASION OF FRENCH NORTH AFRICA. IN THE LATTER STAGES OF THE NORTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, HE MET PATTON, WHO SOON ASKED HIM TO SERVE AS HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP, WHICH HE DID FOR THE REST OF THE WAR.