Army Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Charles Shotts
Charles Frederick Shotts Charles Frederick Shotts was born in Quitman, Mississippi in 1924. When he was 14, he moved with his family to Gilchrist, Oregon where his father was Sawmill Superintendent for Gilchrist Timber Company. Charles graduated from Gilchrist High School and went to Oregon State College where he majored in mechanical engineering. After two years, he enlisted in the Army for the buildup to WWII, and was sent to Princeton University where he studied until he was assigned to...