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<b>368. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY</b> (1895 - 1994)<b> </b>American Army general who led airborne assaults on Sicily and commanded U.N. forces in the Korean War. A large archive of 16 documents is which the general responses to various questions posed by American citizens, mostly high school students, regarding the retired general's views of either military or political events. There are seven T.L.S. letters five of which are on his personal letterhead and nine A.N.S. notes with one being on his private stationery note pad and the rest being hand-written or typed directly onto letters that were directed to him. The documents vary in size and date between May 6, 1977 through Oct. 7, 1987 from Pittsburgh, Pa. and contain some very opinionated responses, in part: "<i>...Apr. 14, 78...on `a military commanders responsibility for civilian casualties during a period of war'...your stated view `that a military commander's duty is to win the war as quickly as possible' is subject to severe qualifications...Aug. 18, 79...the leadership of the USSR has made it abundantly clear...that it intends to achieve such influence that no major problem anywhere in the world can be dealt with without its participation...Sept 10, 79...the VOLUNTEER SYSTEM has long been a demonstrated failure, and could well prove to be a disaster in war...the reinstitution of [the] Selective Service is a vital national need...I feel even more strongly than does Senator Baker that the present SALT II treaty is a bad treaty for our security...Sept 21, 79...awesome similarities...Hitler told the world what he planned to do...the USSR leadership has long been telling the world of its objectives...Feb. 14, 80...I do not think registration of young women is necessary...only as a last resort should we draft...July 23, 80...Mr. Carter's re-election would be [?] short of a disaster...Sept. 6, 80...every citizen should be glad to help defend this Nation...by all means enlist in the Army upon finishing high school...you will find you have greatly enlarged your horizons...Feb. 23, 82...to introduce armed forces of the United States into EL SALVADOR would gravely endanger the national interest...Oct. 7, 87...have had to sharply curtail correspondence, and have not autographed any of the photos as none of them played any part in my combat service...</i>". Overall good to very good.<b>$800-1,000</b>
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