GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY - SPECIAL COVER SIGNED - HFSID 146640
Price: $180.00
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
The General who replaced MacArthur in Korea and Eisenhower in Europe
signs a special cover celebrating the 25th Anniversary US Air Force on
"Freedom's Frontier", Kwang Ju AB, Korea
Special Cover signed: "M. B. Ridgway/General, US Army, Rtd",
6½x3½. Special Cover imprinted "Celebrating the/25th Anniversary/US Air Force/on
"Freedom's Frontier"/Kwang Ju AB, Korea", 8-cent stamp affixed, postmarked
Air Force Postal Service, September 18, 1972 twice. 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. Ridgway served as Army Chief of Staff from 1953-1955. Lightly
worn at edges. Overall, fine condition.
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