command of the VI Corps then served as Inspector General for European Command (EURCOM). Postwar In May 1947, Burress was one of three commanders of the United States Constabulary, the post-war occupation police force in West Germany. In 1949, he returned to EURCOM as its intelligence director, then later took command of VII Corps. He then was the Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School. In 1952, Burress's final posting was as commander of the First United States Army at Fort Jay at Governors Island in New York City, New York. In November 1954, he retired from the United States Army after 38 years of active duty. That same month, on November 19, 1954, he received a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway in Manhattan, New York. Burress died in an Arlington, Virginia nursing home on June 13, 1977, aged 82, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. References Sources External links Story of the Century The 100th Division Coldwar.org U.S. Constabulary, 1946–1952 Downtown Alliance Commemorates 204 Canyon of Heroes Parades Generals of World War II United States Army Officers 1939–1945 |- |- |- |- |- 1894 births 1977 deaths United States Army Infantry Branch personnel United States Army personnel of World War I Governors Island Military personnel from Richmond, Virginia People from Richmond, Virginia Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit Virginia Military Institute alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Recipients of the Silver Star United States Army generals of World War II United States Army generals Virginia Military Institute faculty