April 12, 2024
Autographed TLS General David M. Shoup USMC Medal of Honor WWII 1962
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I recently bought 3 old binders that came from the estate of a woman named Marion Mohler in Maryland who gathered autographs and ephemera in the early 1960s from WWII Military Figures and other historically important people including from people contributing to current events. She suffered from extremely bad arthritis and she found collecting autographs a way to stay busy, and she was very busy. There are 3 full binders of material. I will be posting it on Ebay over time.This is a typed letter signed by General David M. Shoup United States Marine Corps signed in 1962 . See my other auctions for 2 more items signed by Shoup at the same time for Mrs. Mohler.David Monroe Shoup (30 December 1904 – 13 January 1983) was a general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II , served as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps , and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War .Born in Indiana to an impoverished family, Shoup joined the military for financial reasons. Rising through the ranks in the interwar era , he was twice deployed to China during the Chinese Civil War . He served in Iceland at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II, and as a staff officer during the Pacific War . He was unexpectedly given command of the 2nd Marines , and led the initial
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