GEN. MacARTHUR ACCEPTED JAPAN'S SURRENDER "2 SEP.1945" ABOARD USS MISSOURI

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"MEDAL OF HONOR" RECIPIENT,
(5 STAR)
GENERAL OF THE ARMY  DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALL ALLIED FORCES IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII.
CACHED FRONT AND BACK.  FRONT CONSIST OF A COLOR-PHOTO OF THE GENERAL WITH PERTINENT TEXT, INCLUDING HIS FAMOUS QUOTE,
"I SHALL RETURN".
ALSO, THE
"M
EDAL OF HONOR",
EIGHT ROWS OF RIBBONS REPRESENTING SOME OF HIS MEDALS & AWARDS,
A COLOR PHOTO OF MacARTHUR WADING ASHORE AT LEYTE GULF ON HIS RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES,
AS PROMISED,
AND THE FIVE STAR GENERAL'S FLAG, ALL WITH PERTINENT TEXT. MacARTHUR ACCEPTED THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1945,
THUS ENDING WWII IN THE PACIFIC.
FRANKED WITH THE
RACTIVE, HISTORICAL, AND INEXPENSIVE ITEM OF U.S.
"
MEDAL
OF HONOR" STAMP
AND CANCELED,
"MAR. 13, 2020,
LITTLE ROCK, AR
", THE CITY OF MacARTHUR'S BIRTH.
THE REVERSE CACHET IS HIS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION.
Ma
cARTHUR WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE (5) AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICERS TO ACHIEVE THE "5 STAR" RANK OF GENERAL OF THE ARMY OR FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY
.
DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S FATHER, ARTHUR MacARTHUR JR., AT AGE 18, WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING THE CIVIL WAR AT MISSIONARY RIDGE.
COV
ER IS NEW, UNADDRESSED AND POLY SLEEVE ENCLOSED.
A
VERY ATT
RACTIVE WWII MEMORABILIA.
USCS MEMBER #11835 - COVER # 7 OF 10.
"TOP SARGE" CACHET.