GENERAL GEORGE S. BROWN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/02/1975 - HFSID 31923
Price: $260.00
GEORGE S. BROWN
The General was unable to meet with a correspondent as he was in Europe
attending NATO meetings.
TLS: "George" as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1p,
5¾x7¾. Washington, D.C., 1975 June 2. On his official letterhead to Mr.
Charles J. Russhon, New York, New York. Begins: "Dear Rush". In
full: "Sorry to have missed you while you were in Washington last week.
As you undoubtedly know I was in Europe attending the NATO meetings and
paying an official visit with the French armed forces. All the best.
Sincerely". Brown was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
from July 1, 1974 to June 20, 1978. During WWII, George Scratchley Brown
(1918-1978) was a bomber pilot in the 93rd Bombardment Group flying B-24s
attached to the Eighth Air Force. In August 1968, he was promoted to
General and took command of the Seventh Air Force based in Saigon,
South Vietnam and was responsible for the entire southwest Asia region. In July
1973, Brown was named by President Nixon as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
He wasconfirmed by the U.S. Senate despite controversy over the
issue of falsified reports from his office, the Air Force Systems Command, that
hid secret bombing missions in Cambodia in 1969-1970. Slightly creased with
fold, not at signature. Fine condition.
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