GENERAL MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY - TYPED NOTE SIGNED 03/04/1974 - HFSID 216390
Sale Price $245.00
Reg. $300.00
MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY
Matthew B. Ridgway sends a typed note replying that the anecdote
needed is in his book Soldier.
Typed note signed: "M. B. R", 1p, 3½x5½, on his personalized
note stationery.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1974 March 4.In
full: "Re your 27 Feb letter, re-ceived today, you will find the most
appropriate anecdote on page 155 of my Book, SOLDIER, Harper & Brothers, NY,
1956. Sincerely," General 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.Fine
condition.
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