Sent in response to a boy's request for an autograph. Commanding General, 16th Infantry Brigade & Ft. George G. Meade 1937-38; Commanding General, 13th Field Artillery Brigade & Ft. Bragg 1938-40; Deputy Army Chief of Staff 1940-42; Commanding General, 4th Corps Area 1942; Commanding General, 4th Service Command 1942-44; Retired..... More
On the stationery of the Headquarters XXIV Corps, Office of the Commanding General. This items sent in response to a boy's request for an autograph and shoulder patch (which Hodge indicates he will send shortly but is not included here). After completing U.S. Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Sheridan..... More
A letter in response to a boy's request for an autograph. David William Hutchison (May 21, 1908 – September 24, 1982) was a major general in the United States Air Force. Hutchison graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1931. During World War II, Hutchison served with the Fifth..... More
The typed note is on Headquarters, First United States Army, Office of the Chief of Staff, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and is dated 25 October 1945. The photograph is boldly signed, "W. B. Kean, Major General, Chief of Staff, First U.S. Army." William Benjamin Kean (July 9, 1897 – March..... More
Sent in response to a boy's request for an autograph. 3.25" x 4.75" George Winfred Smythe (b. Aug. 4, 1899, Norristown, Pa.-d. Jan. 16, 1969), U.S. Army officer, was commissioned in the Infantry from West Point in 1924. During World War II, he served with the Services of Supply in..... More