GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 343719
Price: $180.00
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
He signs on this FDC honoring John J. Pershing
First Day Cover Signed: "M.B. Ridgway/General, U.S. Army",
6½x3½. First Day Cover honoring John J. Pershing. postmarked New York City,
New York, November 17, 1961, 8-cent stamp affixed. Matthew Bunker Ridgway
(1895-1993) planned and executed the Army's first major airborne assault in
Sicily during WWII. In April 1951, he succeeded General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur as Commander of United Nations forces in Korea and of
allied occupying forces in Japan. In June 1952, Ridgway replaced General of the
Army Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in
Europe. He served as Army Chief of Staff from 1953-1955. Signature
lightly smeared but legible. Otherwise, fine condition.
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