Lieutenant Colonel Charles Christopher Robertson, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 6 April 1943, class number 210. His first duty assignment was as Regimental MTO, 513 Parachute, Fort Benning and Fort Bragg. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Regimental European Theater of Operations, 513/17 Airborne Div, European Theater of Operations; Company Commander, 513/17 Airborne Division, European Theater of Operations (Bulge, Rhine River Crossing); Chugoku mil Gov’t Regiment FEC; Company Commander, 187th Air, Korea; Company Commander, Fort Benning, Georgia; Battalion Executive Officer, Battalion Commander, ABN Bn, Fort Benning, Georgia; Staff Commander, Landshut Germany; Headquarters Commander, USA Garrison, Munich, Germany; Instructor CO Tactics Com, C&S Dept; Fort Benning, Georgia; Deputy Chmn, CO Tactics Com C&S Dept, Fort Benning, Georgia. | Lieutenant Colonel Robertson's awards and decorations include: Combat Infantryman Badge 2nd Award, Master Parachutist, Bronze Star w/Cluster.