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DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
(1880 - 1964) American general and Allied Supreme Commander in the Pacific in World War II, accepted the surrender of Japan and was later dismissed by Truman for advocating an invasion of China. Good content T.L.S. on his G.S.A. letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Feb. 2, 1959 to the Director of Sales at the Claridge Hotel in New Jersey: "...Thank you so much for your birthday greeting...Those Olympic days of thirty years ago are still vivid in my memory...". Folds, else very good to fine. When the president of the U.S. Olympic Committee died suddenly, with the 1928 games in the Netherlands less than a year away, MacArthur's name came up as a replacement. By the time the games were over, the United States had won 24 gold medals, more than the next two countries, Finland and Germany, put together.

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April 17, 2018 10:00 AM EDT
Elkton, MD, US

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