GENERAL ALBERT COADY WEDEMEYER - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 167643
ALBERT COADY WEDEMEYER French commemorative envelope honoring the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landing during World War II, signed by the esteemed general Commemorative Envelope signed: "A.C. Wedemeyer/General, USA (Ret.)", in blue ink, 6¼x3½.
Sale Price $234.00
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ALBERT COADY WEDEMEYER French commemorative envelope honoring the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landing during World War II, signed by the esteemed general Commemorative Envelope signed: "A.C. Wedemeyer/General, USA (Ret.)", in blue ink, 6¼x3½. Honoring the 40th anniversary of D-Day with a blue-and-black cachet at left. Postmarked Port-Winston, Arromanches, France, June 6, 1984. With one French stamp picturing General De Gaulle in Africa in 1944 affixed. Port Winston was an artificial harbor created by the British at Arromanches, France to support the Allied landings in France just three days after the D-Day landings. General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989, born in Omaha, Nebraska), appointed U.S. Deputy Chief of Staff under Lord Mountbatten at his Southeast Asia Command, planned the invasion of Japanese-held bases. In October 1944, he became Commander of the China theater and Chiang kai-Shek's Chief of Staff. Wedemeyer's task was to attempt to establish some cooperation between Chiang and the Communists and to ensure that U.S. aid was correctly used. Fine condition.
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