Editing Elbert Tuttle (section)

==Later career==

After graduating from law school, he moved to [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], to [[Practice of law|practice law]] with the law firm of Sutherland, Tuttle & Brennan from 1923 to 1953 (the firm is now [[Eversheds Sutherland]]). Tuttle worked on tax litigation and also did ''pro bono'' work, including with the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], and took on numerous civil rights cases.

Tuttle served as a [[colonel]] in the [[United States Army]] from 1941 to 1946, in [[World War II]], declining a desk job. He was severely injured after engaging in hand-to-hand combat in Okinawa on the island of [[Ie Shima]]. He was awarded numerous medals for his service including the [[Purple Heart]] with [[Oak leaf cluster|Oak Leaf Cluster]], the [[Legion of Merit]], the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]], and the Bronze Service Arrowhead. Tuttle retired as a brigadier general and was often called "The General" by those who worked closely with him. After the War, Tuttle became more involved in politics, working with the Republican Party because of his opposition to [[Racial segregation|segregation]], which he associated mostly with southern [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]]. He was a general counsel for the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] from 1953 to 1954.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/tuttle-elbert-parr|title=Tuttle, Elbert Parr - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}</ref>