January 26th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2023
A Barkdale Hamlett Jr signed TLS and card. The TLS is 7" x 8.5" with the card 3" x 5" in size. Dated August 21, 1964. Slight staining but in otherwise fine condition.
John Paul McConnell signed 3" x 5" card. Signed "J. P. McConnell" above the pre-printed "General, USAF/ Chief of Staff". In fine condition.
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer 7" x 2" signed slip. Signed "L. L. Lemnitzer" above the preprinted "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Washington". In fine condition.
Emmett E. "Rosie" O'Donnell Jr. signed 3" x 1" signed slip. Signed "E. E. O'Donnell/Gen USAF". In fine condition.
Barksdale Hamlett, Jr. (December 30, 1908 – August 26, 1979) was a United States Army four-star general who served as commandant of the American sector of Berlin during the 1958 Berlin crisis and as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1962 to 1964. He later served as President of Norwich University in Vermont.
General John Paul McConnell (February 7, 1908 – November 21, 1986) was the sixth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff, McConnell served in a dual capacity. He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which, as a body, acts as the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. In his other capacity, he was responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for managing the vast human and materiel resources of the world's most powerful aerospace force.
Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1963 to 1969.
General Emmett E. "Rosie" O'Donnell Jr. (September 15, 1906 – December 26, 1971) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF) from 1959 to 1963. He also led the first B-29 Superfortress attack against Tokyo during World War II. O'Donnell was unanimously elected Commissioner of baseball on August 21, 1951, to succeed Happy Chandler. He never served in the position, however, as President Harry Truman refused to release him from active duty as the United States was engaged in the Korean War at the time.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA.
Collection of U.S. Military Generals - Hamlett, McConnell, Lemnitzer, O'Donnell
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