MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 to Mary Cushman

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GLC#
GLC05508.173-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
24 October 1950
Author/Creator
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Title
to Mary Cushman
Place Written
Tokyo, Japan
Pagination
1 p. : envelope Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
Postwar Politics and the Cold War The Fifties

Writing from his office in the General Headquarters, United Nations Command, MacArthur, as commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, offers condolence on the death of Mary Cushman's son in the Korean War. He praises devotion to duty and defending peace-loving people, and suggests reliance on faith as way to withstand the grief of death.

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