Everett Busch

Everett Busch (14 March 189331 March 1985) was a United States Army general who served in World War I and World War II. During World War II he was the quartermaster of General George S. Patton's Third United States Army. After the war he served as the commandant of the Quartermaster Center and School.

Biography Everett Busch was born in Sardis, Ohio, on 14 March 1893. A graduate the University of West Virginia, he joined the United States Army in 1917, and served as an infantry and field artillery officer during World War I. He served in the campaigns in Europe under General George S. Patton's Third United States Army. Other awards he received included the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Belgian Order of Leopold (with Palm), the French Croix de Guerre (with Palm), the French Legion of Honor and Czechoslovak War Cross. He was elected to the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 1994. His wife Margaret had died before him on 7 October 1973; they had one child, a daughter.