Robert McGowan Littlejohn
Robert McGowan Littlejohn (1890-1982) was a Major general (United States). He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1912. He was Chief Quartermaster for the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War. For this service, he received the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army). Upon Littlejohn’s retirement from the U.S. Army in 1946, then President of the United States Harry S. Truman appointed Robert McGowan Littlejohn head of the War Assets Administration.[1]
“It will be my policy to hide nothing. Every successful businessman does make mistakes, admits them, profits from them, does not repeat them.” – South Carolina’s Maj. Gen. Robert McGowan Littlejohn, U.S. Army
References
- ^ South Carolina Biographical Dictionary, Second Edition, Vol. II (K-Z), St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Somerset Publishers, Inc. © 2000, pp 36-39, ISBN 0-403-09347-3