ADMIRAL JERAULD WRIGHT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/09/1964 - HFSID 269168

JERAULD B. WRIGHT
Jerauld Wright sends a typed letter of thanks for the birthday wishes.
Typed Letter signed: "Jerauld Wright" as Ambassador, 1p, 8x10½. APO San Francisco, but from the U.S. Embassy (Taiwan, Republic of China), 1964 July 9. On U.S. Foreign Service embossed letterhead to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ryback, New York, N.Y. In full: "Thank you for your nice letter of June 2, which arrived today, and for your birthday wishes. I very much appreciate your thoughtfulness. Best wishes, Sincerely". Admiral Jerauld Wright (1899-1995) became in 1917 the youngest person to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. He served on anti-submarine duty on a Mediterranean gunboat in World War I. He was Naval Aide to Presidents Coolidge (1924-1926) and Hoover (1929-1931). In World War II, after commanding the Battleship Mississippi, he was assigned staff duties planning the Allied invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Italy; and he conducted clandestine missions in the Mediterranean. He then moved to the Pacific, commanding an amphibious group and then a carrier division in battles in the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Kwajalein, Saipan and Okinawa. Later he commanded the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and joint NATO forces in the Atlantic (1954-1960). Retiring as a 4-star admiral, he served on the CIA's Board of Estimates, finishing his distinguished career as Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan, 1963-1965). Lightly creased in upper left. Otherwise, fine condition.