Charles C. Pattillo
Charles Curtis Pattillo (June 3, 1924 – May 20, 2019), also known as Buck Pattillo, was an American Air Force lieutenant general who was deputy commander in chief, U.S. Readiness Command and vice director of the Joint Deployment Agency with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. He died in May 2019 at the age of 94. Early life Pattillo was born in June 1924 in Atlanta. He was the twin brother of fellow US Air Force major general, Cuthbert A. Pattillo, with whom he was born 7 minutes apart. He graduated from Atlanta Technical High School in 1942. He received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, in 1962 and a master's degree in international affairs from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1965. World War II In November 1942 he enlisted in the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet. Following intensive training at various bases in the Southeastern Training Command, he received his pilot wings and a commission as second lieutenant in March 1944 He next trained in P-40s and in November 1944 went to the European theater of operations where he flew combat missions with the 352nd