Mullins was the first Director of the Nicaragua Military Academy and was featured on a 1961 U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Academy. He appears on the stamp with Nicaragua President Anastasio Somoza DeBayle and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Nebraska History Biography
Charles Love "Bud" Mullins, Jr. was born in Gretna, Nebraska on September 7, 1892. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1910. In 1917 Mullins graduated from West Point with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and following graduation he was stationed at The Presidio and at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant later in 1917 and to Captain in 1919, Mullins became Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois. In 1933 he was promoted to Major.
Mullins was assigned to the United States military mission at Nicaragua in 1939 where he founded the Nicaragua Military Academy. He also served with the American legation in Costa Rica as chief of the military mission there. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 and Colonel in 1941, he was decorated with the presidential medal of merit in Nicaragua in 1941.
On August 18, 1942, Mullins was promoted to Brigadier General. During World War II he served with the 11th Armored Division. Mullins retired from the military in 1953. Charles Mullins died on March 1, 1976 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Jane Dooley Mullins.
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Nebraska History Biography
Charles Love "Bud" Mullins, Jr. was born in Gretna, Nebraska on September 7, 1892. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1910. In 1917 Mullins graduated from West Point with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and following graduation he was stationed at The Presidio and at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant later in 1917 and to Captain in 1919, Mullins became Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois. In 1933 he was promoted to Major.
Mullins was assigned to the United States military mission at Nicaragua in 1939 where he founded the Nicaragua Military Academy. He also served with the American legation in Costa Rica as chief of the military mission there. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 and Colonel in 1941, he was decorated with the presidential medal of merit in Nicaragua in 1941.
On August 18, 1942, Mullins was promoted to Brigadier General. During World War II he served with the 11th Armored Division. Mullins retired from the military in 1953. Charles Mullins died on March 1, 1976 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Jane Dooley Mullins.
Mullins was the first Director of the Nicaragua Military Academy and was featured on a 1961 U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Academy. He appears on the stamp with Nicaragua President Anastasio Somoza DeBayle and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Nebraska History Biography
Charles Love "Bud" Mullins, Jr. was born in Gretna, Nebraska on September 7, 1892. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1910. In 1917 Mullins graduated from West Point with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and following graduation he was stationed at The Presidio and at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant later in 1917 and to Captain in 1919, Mullins became Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois. In 1933 he was promoted to Major.
Mullins was assigned to the United States military mission at Nicaragua in 1939 where he founded the Nicaragua Military Academy. He also served with the American legation in Costa Rica as chief of the military mission there. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 and Colonel in 1941, he was decorated with the presidential medal of merit in Nicaragua in 1941.
On August 18, 1942, Mullins was promoted to Brigadier General. During World War II he served with the 11th Armored Division. Mullins retired from the military in 1953. Charles Mullins died on March 1, 1976 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Jane Dooley Mullins.
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Nebraska History Biography
Charles Love "Bud" Mullins, Jr. was born in Gretna, Nebraska on September 7, 1892. He graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1910. In 1917 Mullins graduated from West Point with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and following graduation he was stationed at The Presidio and at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant later in 1917 and to Captain in 1919, Mullins became Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois. In 1933 he was promoted to Major.
Mullins was assigned to the United States military mission at Nicaragua in 1939 where he founded the Nicaragua Military Academy. He also served with the American legation in Costa Rica as chief of the military mission there. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 and Colonel in 1941, he was decorated with the presidential medal of merit in Nicaragua in 1941.
On August 18, 1942, Mullins was promoted to Brigadier General. During World War II he served with the 11th Armored Division. Mullins retired from the military in 1953. Charles Mullins died on March 1, 1976 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Jane Dooley Mullins.
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