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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cortlandt Van
Rensselaer Schuyler (December 22, 1900 - December 4, 1993) was a United
States Army four star general who served as Chief of Staff, Supreme
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE) from 1953 to 1959.
Schuyler was born in Mount Arlington, New Jersey on December 22, 1900.
He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. He graduated
from the United States Military Academy in 1922 and was commissioned in
the Coast Artillery Corps. His first assignment was at Fort Monroe,
Virginia, where he was assigned to the 61st Antiaircraft Battalion, at
the time the only anti-aircraft unit in the army. Later he served with
the 60th Coast Artillery (antiaircraft) in the Philippines and the 4th
Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) at Fort Amador in the Panama Canal Zone.
