Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (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
Early carbon DS signed in ink “Ronald Reagan” as captain in the US Army Air Corps, one page on onionskin, 8 x 10.5, October 14, 1944 [but signed later at the 18th AAF Base Unit in Culver City, California]. A “true copy” of a document titled “Extract,” from Special Orders No. 247 issued by General George C. Marshall by order of the Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, concerning the assignment of Second Lieutenant John R. Roberts, then at the Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the CIA) to the 18th Army Air Force Base Unit, Culver City, California. The document bears a typed “official” certification by Major General James A. Ulio, Adjutant General of the Army. Marginal file and staple holes, a few creases, and a bit of mild toning, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by two photos of Captain Reagan, one depicting him with his mother, Nelle Reagan, and the other at his desk in Culver City.
Already in the army reserve and a Hollywood star, the future president was promoted a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With millions of men joining the ranks needing training and millions of others involved in the war effort, Reagan was given a job where he could do the most good for his country—making pictures. As part of the army’s 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, Reagan assisted in the production of more than 400 training films. Promoted to captain in 1943, Reagan held that rank when he signed this document, and retained that commission until his discharge at the end of World War II. Interesting association of Reagan with an army ‘spy,’ the fight against Fascism, and his Hollywood career.
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