Brigadier General James Edward Wharton was a career United States Army officer who briefly commanded the 28th Infantry Division in the Battle of Normandy before being killed in action during World War II.
James Edward Wharton
Weekly Staff Conference at United States Army Services of Supply (USASOS) headquarters in June 1942. Brigadier General James Edward Wharton is seated, second from the left.
Brigadier General James Edward Wharton (left), commander of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade, escorts Admiral Harold Stark on Utah Beach shortly after the D-Day landings in 1944.
Camp Fremont was a World War I-era military base located near Palo Alto, California. Construction started in July 1917 and the post closed in September, 1919. The post was named for John C. Frémont, a US Army officer and government official who was prominent in California during the 1850s.
Camp Library at Camp Fremont (c. 1917)
MacArthur Park Restaurant – a former YWCA "Hostess House" designed by Julia Morgan in 1918