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1945 Hand-Colored American War Leaders Cover from Columbus, OH to Sacramento, CA
1945 Hand-Colored American War Leaders Cover from Columbus, OH to Sacramento, CA
1945 Hand-Colored American War Leaders Cover from Columbus, OH to Sacramento, CA

1945 Hand-Colored American War Leaders Cover from Columbus, OH to Sacramento, CA

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    1945 "American War Leaders" cover
    featuring
    a photo of Lt. General Jacob L. Devers which was sent from Columbus, OH to Sacremento, CA.
    This cover was colored by hand by the sender (H. Maul).
    It is postmarked with a cancellation clearly reading February 6, 1945 (Columbus, Ohio) and is franked with one 3c (Scott 926) stamp.
    Also
    included is a brief note thanking the recipient for a postal cover related to World War II (WII) and the Japanese; it also clarifies about pre-printed illustrated covers and promises to send a hand-drawn cover
    next time.
    By way of background,
    Jacob Loucks Devers (born September 8, 1887 – died October 15, 1979) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the 6th Army Group in the European Theater during World War II.
    When World War II broke out in Europe, Devers was stationed in Panama.  He was promoted to major general in October 1940 and took command of the newly formed 9th Infantry Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a base whose construction he oversaw.  Appointed Chief of the Armored Force in August 1941, he supervised its expansion from four armored divisions to sixteen.
    In May 1943, Devers became European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) commander. His principal tasks were overseeing preparation of detailed plans and the buildup of men and materiel for Overlord, and supporting the Combined Bomber Offensive.  He clashed with General Dwight D. Eisenhower over the diversion of ETOUSA resources to Eisenhower's North African Theater of Operations. Eisenhower succeeded him at ETOUSA in January 1944, and Devers went to the Mediterranean as Commander North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, to British General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.  Devers was involved in the organization, planning and leadership of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France in August 1944.  He led the 6th Army Group in France and Germany through the advance to the Rhine, the German counterattack in Operation Northwind, the operations to reduce the Colmar Pocket and the Western Allied invasion of Germany.  After the war he commanded the Army Ground Forces.
    It is a Very Fine piece ready to enhance any collection of U.S. or WWII-era covers.
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