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Orig WWII Document 7th ARMORED DIVISION OPERATIONS LETTER SIGNED by GENERAL 509

$ 5.28

Availability: 67 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Very Good

    Description

    ORIGINAL WWII DOCUMENT - ORIGINAL TO THE TIME - NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPRO
    QUANTITY: 1 - See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed.
    ITEM: Original WWII Letter on 7th ARMORED DIVISION LETTERHEAD to departing members of the 7th A/D SUMMARIZING the DIVISION'S OPERATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS against the GERMANS in EUROPE and SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT W. HASBROUCK, Commanding General. Two pages; each one sided.
    See the 7th Armored Division Photo of 7th Armored Division Corporal Stoddard that I have listed separately..
    Document is from Corporal Frederick Charles Stoddard of Lewis, New York. S/N 32663701. He trained with the 748th Tank Battalion for 2 years but was transferred to the 7th Armored Division before the 748th Tank Battalion landed on Utah Beach. In the 7th Armored Division Stoddard was in the HQ Company of the CCR (Combat Command Reserve) which absorbed men of the 9th Armored Group to form a third front line combat command within the 7th Armored Division along with the CCA and CCB. The CCR included the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 203rd AAA BATTALION. Stoddard and his outfit in the 7th Armored Division saw heavy fighting in the Breakout From Normandy, The Battle of the Bulge, St. Vith, and the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket. He returned home on the SS Wheaton Victory in December 1945.
    SORRY. I WILL NOT SELL OR SHIP THIS ITEM TO RUSSIA, AFRICA, OR SOUTH AMERICA DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH POSTAL SYSTEMS.
    DATE: WWII - does not glow under a black light.
    SIZE: 8" x 10.5" - two pages
    CONDITION: Very Good; See scans..
    SOURCE: From the archives of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio. WWHAM designs and delivers WWI and WWII exhibits to other museums. Our traveling exhibits include Brushes With War, a world class collection of 325 original paintings and drawings by soldiers of WWI, and Iron Fist, an HO scale model of the German 2nd Panzer Division in 1944 with 4,000 vehicles and 15,000 men.
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