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DEAN L. AXENE. Typescript signed: "Dean L. Axene/RADM USN (Ret)/8-15-90", 1½p, separate sheets, 8½x11. Titled: "Near-Death by Depth Charge!"In part: "As a very young man, not yet 22, I reached the Pacific to help win the war with Japan.Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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HANS BAÜR Souvenir Typed Manuscript signed: "Hans Baür," 1p, 81/4x11. In English. Titled:"Extract from Book by Hans Baur, Hitler's Personal Pilot."In part: "Hitler made it known that he would not leave the bunker. He gave orders that as many people as possible should be flown out. My planes started every night; I took many people to the south.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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OMAR BRADLEY, JACOB DEVERS and GÜNTHER BLUMENTRITT. Typescript signed: "Omar N. Bradley/August 25 1965", "Jacob L Devers/Sept. 2 1965" and "Günther Blumentritt/General (Ret)/11.10.1965", 1p, 8½x11.Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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LUCIUS D. CLAY. Typescript signed: "Lucius D. Clay", 1p, 8½x11. "Order of the Day, June 6, 1944", issued by Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces.Sale Price $396.00
$440.00
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GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript of the Prologue to Dönitz's book Ten Years and Twenty Days Typescript signed: "Dönitz" on last page, 9 pages, 8¼x11. Typed text of the Prologue to Dönitz's book, Ten Years and Twenty Days.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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Souvenir typescript of Karl Dönitz's order to General Alfred Jodl to finalize an armistice between Nazi Germany and the Allies during World War II, signed and dated by Dönitz in blue ink in 1979, one year before his death. Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies one day after the original document was signed by Dönitz.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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Souvenir typescript of Karl Dönitz's authorization for the surrender of Nazi Germany's armed forces to the Allies during World War II, signed and dated by Dönitz in blue ink in 1979, one year before his death. Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies the day the original document was signed by Dönitz.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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"THE FUEHRER HAS NOMINATED ME AS HIS SUCCESSOR...." FIVE DAYS LATER, FUEHRER DÖNITZ ORDERED THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY TO GENERAL EISENHOWER GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript signed: "Karl Dönitz/29.3.76", 1p, 8½x11. In English. In full: "To the German People - May 1, 1945.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Karl Dönitz signs a typescript from "Second Part of the Political Testament of Adolph Hitler." Souvenir Typed Manuscript signed: "Dönitz/12.6.79," 1p, 14x8½. In English. Headed:"Second Part of the Political Testament of Adolph Hitler.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript signed: "Dönitz/27.7.76", 1p, 8½x11. Headed: "Order of the Day/May 1, 1945". English translation of Dönitz's address to the German people on the day after Hitler committed suicide. In part: "The Fuehrer has fallen.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript signed: "Dönitz/15.8.73", 1 p, 8½x11. Text of the Instrument of Surrender of All German Forces, May 7, 1945. During WWII, Admiral Dönitz developed the idea of fighting in wolf packs.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript signed: "Dönitz/9.10.74", 1 p, 8½x11. Text of Dönitz's Declaration to the Members of the Armed Forces, May 1, 1945. In full: "I expect discipline and obedience. Chaos and ruin can be prevented only by the swift and unreserved execution of my orders.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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Souvenir typescript of Nazi Germany's instrument of surrender to the Allies, signed and dated by Dönitz in blue ink in 1980, two months before his death. Dönitz was named Führer of Nazi German five days before the original document was signed on May 7, 1945.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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KARL DONITZ He signed this typescript of the Instrument of Surrender, an agreement he had negotiated, in 1974. Typescript signed: "Donitz/12.7.74", 1 page 8½x11. Typescript of the Instrument of Surrender of All German Forces (originally signed at Rheims, France, 1945 May 7.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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"THE FUEHRER HAS NOMINATED ME AS HIS SUCCESSOR...." GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DÖNITZ Typescript signed: "Dönitz/7.12.74", 1 page, 8½x11. English translation on parchment-like paper. Titled: "Radio Broadcast to the German People". Translated from the original German.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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Souvenir typescript of Joseph Goebbels' message to Karl Dönitz after the death of Adolf Hitler during World War II, signed and dated by Dönitz in blue ink in 1979. Dönitz was named Führer of Nazi German one day after the original document was written on May 1, 1945.Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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IRA C. EAKER Typed copy of the United State's declaration of was upon Nazi Germany, signed by Air Force Lieutenant General and World War II veteran Ira C. Eaker Typescript signed: "Ira C Eaker/Lt Gen. USAF (Ret)". Pencil notations near right edge in unknown hand. 1 page, 8¼x10¾.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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CLYDE EAST. Typescript signed: "Clyde B. East/Lt. Col. USAF, Ret.", 4 p, 8½x11. Transcript of East's article, "They Can't Be Stukas" from "American Fighter Aces and Friends Bulletin", Fall 1990. Signed on first page. East describes how his 15th Tac/Recon Squadron dealt with German dive bombers attacking a U.S.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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JOHN S.D. EISENHOWER He signs typescript from his book The Bitter Woods Typescript signed: "John S D Eisenhower", 8½x11. From his book, The Bitter Woods. JOHN S.D. EISENHOWER (1922-2013) attended West Point, but his father did not attend his graduation.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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GEORGE CARON His handwritten note in the lower margin of his typescript explaining why the Enola Gay wasn't painted with the insignia of the 509th Composite Group when it dropped the A-bomb Typescript inscribed and signed: "Tina, as you requested./George R . (Bob) Caron", 1 page, 8x10.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ATOMIC BOMB: ENOLA GAY (GEORGE R. CARON) George R. Caron signs a typescript titled "Enola Gay". Typescript signed: "George R. Caron/Tail Gunner", 1p, 8½x11. Titled: "Enola Gay". The plane's tail gunner tells the story of the B-29 from its assembly in Omaha to its flight over Hiroshima. George R.Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ATOMIC BOMB: ENOLA GAY (GEORGE R. CARON) George R. Caron signs a typescript titled "The Atomic Blast over Hiroshima". Typescript signed: "George R. Caron/Tail Gunner", 1p, 8½x11. Titled: "The Atomic Blast over Hiroshima". George R.Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ATOMIC BOMB: PAUL W. TIBBETS Copy of orders from Deputy Chief of Staff Thomas Handy, dated July 25, 1945, regarding the atomic attacks on Japan, signed by Tibbets. Typescript signed: "Paul W. Tibbets", 1p, 8x10. War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C., July 25, 1945.Sale Price $315.00
$350.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (PAUL W. TIBBETS) The pilot of the Enola Gay crew, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, signs this typescript in which it is stated when the bombing would in fact take place Souvenir typescript signed: "Paul Tibbets-Pilot, Enola Gay, 6 Aug 45", in black felt tip, one page, 8x10.Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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HARLEY E. EPPLER The Pearl Harbor survivor signs a typescript of the speech he delivered on the 52nd anniversary of the attack. Typescript signed: "Harry E. Eppler/USS Vestal/Pearl Harbor H. I./7 Dec. 1941", 8½x11, 6 pages.Sale Price $90.00
$100.00
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. signs a typescript of an excerpt from Stars of the Screen - 1932. Typescript signed: "Douglas Fairbanks Jr/in 1991!", 1p, 8½x11. Headed: "* DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JUNR. */Excerpt From/'Stars of the Screen - - 1932'/Compiled and Edited by/Cedric Osmond Bermingham".Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. signs a typescript of an excerpt from Stars of the Screen - 1932. Typescript signed: "Douglas Fairbanks Jr/in 1991!", 1p, 8½x11. Headed: "* DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JUNR. */Excerpt From/'Stars of the Screen - - 1932'/Compiled and Edited by/Cedric Osmond Bermingham".Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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Gerald R. Ford signed this souvenir typescript as the last surviving member of the Warren Commission in 1998. In it, he says that he agrees with the findings of the commission: that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President John F. Kennedy.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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GERALD FORD He signs a copy of his pardon of President Nixon Typescript signed: "G. Ford", 1p, 6¼x9¼. On September 8, 1974, one month after taking office in the wake of President Nixon'sSale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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GERALD FORD Souvenir typescript of Ford's inauguration speech signed by Ford in 1985 Typescript signed: "Gerald R. Ford/3/12/85", 1 page, 5x6½. In full: "'I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers.Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
