World War II, Original Naval Dispatch Announcing Victory in Japan, August 15, 1945

Lot 190

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Lot Description

Typed Naval dispatch, 1p, 8 x 6.5 in. Naval Message form. Accompanied by notarized affidavit from consignor attesting to provenance of the dispatch. Dated 2341 August 14, 1945 GCT (Greenwich Civil Time - Universal Time after 1952) (at the top, dated August 15, since the Pacific is transected by the International Date Line). This message was received in the radio room of the USS Vella Gulf CVE-111, an escort carrier, at sea in the Northwest Pacific with 26th carrier division of the 7th fleet (just days before she had been anchored at Okinawa).

All hands of the United States Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard may take satisfaction in the conclusion of the war against Japan and pride in the part played by them in accomplishing that result. The demobilization of the armed forces of the United States and the return to conditions of peace will create problems taxing the patience and control almost as great as the tensions of war. I wish that the discipline which has served so well to bring this democracy through hours of great crisis be maintained to the end that nothing shall mar the record of accomplishment and glory that now belongs to the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

James Forrestall [SECNAV]

The person who acquired this copy was a radio man assigned to Vella Gulf. He relates his service and the circumstances by which this was acquired in a notarized typed statement. He served until June 1946.

Condition

Excellent. A couple old folds with very minor toning.
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