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WWII Pacific Theater Military Air War Signatures

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
WWII Pacific Theater Military Air War Signatures
<B>WWII Pacific Theater Military Aviation Signature Lot</B></I> including an envelope, 9” x 4”, signed in red ink “<I>Gregory “Pappy” Boyington/ USMC</B></I>”, in very good condition; a first day cover commemorating the 165th Anniversary of the U.S. Marines, 6.5” x 3.75”, postmarked November 10, 1940, signed “<I>Gregory “Pappy” Boyington/ USMC</B></I>” in red ink, in fine condition; and a Victory Europe first day cover, 6.5” x 3.75”, postmarked May 8, 1945, signed by “<I>J. H. Doolittle</B></I>”, “<I>George C. Kenney</B></I>”, and “<I>Paul W. Tibbets</B></I>”, in fine condition. Each of these distinguished military men made major contributions to the war effort in the Pacific. Boyington was an outstanding fighter pilot and ace, Tibbets, the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb, Kenney, a successful commander of the Southwest Pacific, and Jimmy Doolittle, whose bombing raid on Tokyo bolstered American morale in the dark days after Pearl Harbor. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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