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Auction 42

Lot 45

1945 (Nov. 14), cover to a Major General with the U.S. Marines in China, from his wife, routed via San Francisco, no backstamp, Fine to Very Fine, an interesting historic memento, accompanied by detailed description.
Estimate $100 - 150

Beginning in Sept. 1945, 50,000 U.S. Marines were deployed to North China to assist Chiang Kai-shek's forces in disarming and repatriating the Japanese in China and in controlling port, railroads and airfields. This was in addition to the approximately 60,000 U.S. soldiers remaining in China at the end of the war. On Oct. 15, 1945 the U.S. Marine Corps accepted the surrender of more than 60,000 Japanese troops in Tientsin. The U.S. Marines remained in China for four years, finally departing in June 1949.

Realized $150

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