Hi I am currently working on a very short biography on the above American officer, who was Deputy Commanding 3rd British Infantry Corps during the British Landings in Greece, in October 1944 and in charge of the countries rehabilitation and recovery. I would be very grateful if anyone can supply me the following: Units/Formations he commanded prior to and after joining 3rd Br Inf Corps. Any Post war employment. When, where and how he died. Any solitary pictures of him alone in uniform would also be really appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Gus
After a lot of digging around Ancestry.com and Google I came up with the following. When USA joined the war, Colonel Percy Lee ‘Puss’ Sadler, was the director of the Military Science and Tactics Faculty, at Western Maryland College. In February 1942, he was recalled to Washington. In May 1942, he sent to Liberia as Commander of Task Force 5889 and promoted to Brigadier-General on 30 October 1942. In 1943, he briefly became the Commander General (CG) of all US Armed Forces in Central Africa (USAFICA), before becoming Deputy CG of all US Forces in Middle East (USAFIME). For distinguished service to Liberia, he was awarded the Commander Order of the Star of Africa. In April 1944 he was made CG of the US Contingent Military HQ for Balkan Affairs. On his arrival In Greece, he was made the deputy commander of Allied Military Liaison (AML) and responsible for the relief, recovery and rehabilitation of Greece until replaced by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in April 1945. For his services to Greece he was made a [SIZE=9pt]Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[/SIZE] On 20 July 1945, Gen Sadler moved to Presidio, Monterrey to take over command of the Civil Affairs Staging Area (CASA), which trained and prepared officers for the military governance of Japan and the Far East. For his services to the US Army, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). He retired from the US Army on 30 November 1946, to a professorship at Lehigh University, head of the Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Director of inter-collegiate Athletics. By 1949, he was the Director of Athletics. He retired from Lehigh University on 1st July 1962. He died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on 21 November 1970, aged 78 and was laid to rest in the Chestnut Hill Church Cemetery. Gus
From Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Brig._General_Percy_L._Sadler_%26_Colonel_Hardy_Cross_Dillard.PNG General Sadler is on the left. The picture is dated July 1945.
