GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 317489
Price: $180.00
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
The wartime general and Army Chief of Staff signs an FDC honoring
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
First Day Cover signed: "Matthew Ridgway, General US Army",
6½x3¾. FDC honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, postmarked
Washington, D.C., February 28, 1968, 6-cent stamp affixed, FIRST DAY OF
ISSUE.General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993) saw action at
Salerno, Normandy (parachuted on D-Day) and the Battle of the Bulge in World War
II. He replaced General MacArthur as Allied Commander of the U.N. forces in
the Far East after MacArthur was recalled by President Truman in April 1951.
Under his leadership, the Korean armistice talks began in July 1951. Ridgway
succeeded Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe in 1952 and
was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1953-1955. Lightl toned. Corners
lightly worn. Light surface creases. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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