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THBNaval Dispatches Concerning Personnel
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Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 5 dispatches on US Naval Communication Service Forms. (7 x 8 in. approx.)
18 May 1945 (Secret): "Upon this occasion of Vice Admiral Turners being relieved by Vice Admiral Hill I wish to express my appreciation and thanks to Admiral Turner and the forces under his command for their splendid accomplishments."
"To Vice Admiral Hill may you and all hands serving under you continue to maintain the high standards of performance set by your predecessor."
18 May 1945 (CONF): "TF51 salutes its departing leader with profound respect and admiration for his brilliant accomplishments in this tough assignment and join in hearty congratulation of his well deserved promotion. We wish you Godspeed and look forward to our next assignment under you on the march to Tokyo."
13 May 1945: "Accurate close support and effective deep support. Hard work of crews under trying conditions of long hours at general quarter and constant threat of enemy air is especially prais[e]worthy. If I may borrow a Navy term I would like to say Well Done. Buckner."
"This message is greatly appreciated and should encourage us to make our support of the troops even more effective."
Just over a month later, 19 June 1945: "All forces of the Pacific Ocean Areas join in grieving over the loss of your courageous and able leader Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, but take pride in the day of victory on which he gallantly met a soldiers death."
"The achievements of the 10th Army in the Okinawa Campaign under General Buckners leadership will inspire us all to overcome any and all obstacles on our road to final victory."
25 August 1945: "George Kenneth Benson 1st Lieut USMCR 026839 of Lagrange APA 124. Killed in action 13 August at 1948 result of explosion and fire caused by suicide plane attack. Next of kin not notified."
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World War II Dispatch Collection
Lots 222-228
J. John Fox (1905-1999) was born in Paterson, NJ, but grew up in and worked most of his adult life in Boston, MA. He attended Boston University, then enrolled in Boston University Law School. It was there he acquired the nickname “Just John” Fox, his reply to a professor’s question about his name.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Fox enlisted in the Navy, despite being around 36 years old. Initially he served in the North Atlantic before being assigned to the amphibious forces in the Pacific Theater under Admiral Richmond “Kelly” Turner. Fox became an intelligence officer and was involved in the planning of the assaults on Kwajelein, the Marianas, Palau, Leyte, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In late 1945 he was also deeply involved in planning the invasion of Japan itself. Had the invasion occurred, he was to have been in charge of prisoner interrogation and captured documents. He was awarded the bronze star for his service in the Pacific Theater. Before being discharged in 1946, he helped in preparation of amphibious operations training materials at the Naval War College in Newport, RI.
After his discharge, he returned to his legal practice in Boston. Governor Dever appointed him as an associate judge in 1952. He then became a probate judge in Norfolk Probate Court in 1960. He retired from the bench in 1973.
In the 1960s Fox helped establish a public medical school in Massachusetts, a school that became the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In 1974, he co-sponsored, with David Bartley, the Bartley-Fox Law, the first of its kind, in Massachusetts. Bartley-Fox established stiff penalties for illegal possession of a firearm and committing a crime with an unlicensed firearm. Although the law generated controversy, as does all firearms-related legislation, this one did not restrict ownership of firearms, it only required them to be registered.
Judge Fox lived for another quarter century after retirement, passing away on October 4, 1999 at the age of 96.
Lots 222-228 were brought back from the Pacific by Fox following World War II, and descended in his family.
Several with some toned corners, but overall very good.Condition
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