Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Incredible vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 8.75 photo of General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the US Army, presenting the United Nations flag to MacArthur to fly over his Tokyo headquarters, signed in fountain pen, “My command will do all in its power to uphold this noble ideal. This flag is the symbol of one of the greatest efforts man has made to free himself. Douglas MacArthur, Tokyo–1950.” Matted to an overall size of 10.25 x 12.25. A vertical crease to the right side passes through a few letters, minor contrast issues to a few letters of signature, and corrections to two words by MacArthur resulting in a couple small smudges, otherwise fine condition.
On July 14, 1950, the Associated Press reported that "Gen. MacArthur today accepted the flag of the United Nations and said his command would 'do all in its power to uphold this noble idea.' The flag - a white globe surrounded by olive branches on a blue field - is, the general continued, the 'symbol of one of the greatest efforts man has made to free himself.'" During the ceremony held at Command Headquarters in Tokyo, General Collins presented the flag to MacArthur one week after Truman appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations forces in the Korean War, in compliance with a United Nations Security Council request that the United States name the commander general of the combined land, air and naval units battling North Korean forces. MacArthur became the first military leader fighting under a United Nations' sanction against 'an act of aggression.' Truman also authorized the general to fly the United Nations' flag with the flags of the nations participating in the Korean campaign, a move authorized by the Security Council resolution.
According to American Book Prices Current and the Americana Exchange, no other AQS by MacArthur has ever been offered for sale at a major public auction. The one here offered, penned on an historic photograph taken during the ceremony with MacArthur's quote written in his own hand, is especially desirable and exceedingly rare!
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