Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945 Typed Letter Signed - 2 Days Before Dropping of First Atomic Bomb
34th President. Typed letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower”, August 4, 1945, “Headquarters / U.S. Forces, European Theater / Office of the Commanding General” stationery, in full:
I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me a ‘First Day Cover’. Thank you so much.
Accompanied by original mailing envelope, incredibly postmarked August 9, 1945.
The letter is presented further authenticated by PSA/DNA and encapsulated by them - the envelope remains loose and separate from the letter.
While the content of this letter is clearly not of high importance, the date of the letter certainly is. Just 2 days after signing this letter, the US dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. The envelope is postmarked the exact day that the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This is the first letter dated as close to the atomic bombs that we can recall ever seeing from someone so intimately involved in World War II.
34th President. Typed letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower”, August 4, 1945, “Headquarters / U.S. Forces, European Theater / Office of the Commanding General” stationery, in full:
I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me a ‘First Day Cover’. Thank you so much.
Accompanied by original mailing envelope, incredibly postmarked August 9, 1945.
The letter is presented further authenticated by PSA/DNA and encapsulated by them - the envelope remains loose and separate from the letter.
While the content of this letter is clearly not of high importance, the date of the letter certainly is. Just 2 days after signing this letter, the US dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. The envelope is postmarked the exact day that the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This is the first letter dated as close to the atomic bombs that we can recall ever seeing from someone so intimately involved in World War II.
34th President. Typed letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower”, August 4, 1945, “Headquarters / U.S. Forces, European Theater / Office of the Commanding General” stationery, in full:
I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me a ‘First Day Cover’. Thank you so much.
Accompanied by original mailing envelope, incredibly postmarked August 9, 1945.
The letter is presented further authenticated by PSA/DNA and encapsulated by them - the envelope remains loose and separate from the letter.
While the content of this letter is clearly not of high importance, the date of the letter certainly is. Just 2 days after signing this letter, the US dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. The envelope is postmarked the exact day that the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This is the first letter dated as close to the atomic bombs that we can recall ever seeing from someone so intimately involved in World War II.