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Lot of 10, including: Wallace M. Greene, Jr., USMC General, TNS, 1964; J. Lawton Collins, TLS, 1966; Harold K. Johnson, TNS, 1966; Harry Vaughan, Major General, Military Aide to President, TNS, 1952, on White House Stationery; Earle G. Wheeler, TNS, 1963; N.F. Twining, TNS, 1957; L.L. Lemnitzer, TLS, 1959; Alfred M. Gruenther, TNS, 1957; H.A. Drum, General Commanding 1st Army, TLS, 1942; A.A. Vandegrift, TLS, 1946. TNS, 1p, Washington, DC, 4 Jan. 1957. On American Red Cross letterhead. Signed by Alfred M. Gruenther as President of the Red Cross. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (1899-1983) graduated from USMA in 1918, and became the youngest 4-star general in WWII. He commanded U.S. forces in Austria after the war, and was appointed supreme allied commander in Europe from 1953 until his retirement in 1956. After retiring, he served the Red Cross until 1964. TLS, 1p, n.p., but likely Washington, DC (where he worked and died), 19 July 1966, on Collins' letterhead. Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) graduated from USMA in 1917, and commanded the 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infy. in France in 1919. He achieved the ranks of Colonel and Brig., Maj. and Lieut. General (both brevet and full ranks) during WWII, the remainder, including General, post-war. He was Chief of Staff of the Army from 1949-1953, which covered most of the Korean "police action." He was also involved in crafting the Army's role in NATO. TNS, 1p, Washington, DC, 25 Oct. 1963. Signed by Earle G. Wheeler as Army Chief of Staff. Earle Gilmore Wheeler (1908-1975) graduated from USMA in 1932. Just before WWII he was teaching at West Point, and spent the first years of the war training Infantry divisions. He went to Europe in 1944, and when he returned in 1945, he became an artillery instructor at Fort Sill. He was back and forth to Europe for the next decade, in both U.S. and NATO positions. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army in 1962, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1964, a position he held through the height of the involvement in Vietnam. TNS, 1p, Washington, DC, 25 June 1952. Signed H.H. Vaughan, as Military Aide to the President, on White House stationery. Harry H. Vaughan (1893-1981) was one of very few generals to not attend West Point. Instead, Harry's degree was from Westminster College, Fulton, MO. Vaughan became friends with Harry Truman during training in 1917. He seems to have left active service and moved to reserves after WWI, and several of his promotions in rank stem from reserve duty. He was recalled to active duty in 1942, and sent to Australia. After the war, he became Truman's military aide (1945-1953). During this time he achieved higher ranks up to Major General (1947). Vaughan was in the middle of several scandals during his time in Washington. He retired from the military when Truman left office in 1953. TNS, 1p, Washington, DC, 30 Apr. 1957. Nathan Farragut Twining (1897-1982) started military service with the 3rd Oregon Infantry, a National Guard unit, on Mexican border patrol in 1916. With the build up for WWI, he was recalled to active duty, and was appointed to USMA, graduating in 1918. In 1923 he began air training at Brooks Field, TX. In 1940 he was assigned to the Chief of the Air Corps in Washington. In mid-1942, he went to the South Pacific as chief of staff to Maj. Gen. Harmon, commanding the U.S. Army Air Forces. The following year he was put in command of the first Joint Air Command, Army, Navy, Marine, and Allied Air Forces, in the South Pacific. He was named Chief of Staff of the Air Force in June 1953, and in 1957 was nominated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs by Eisenhower, serving until 1960 in that capacity. TLS, 1p, Washington, 22 Apr. 1959. Thanking recipient for well wishes on his appointment as Chief of Staff of the Army, on letterhead signed by L.L. Lemnitzer. Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (1899-1988) graduated from USMA in 1920. He achieved the rank of Brig. General in the early days of WWII, and by the end helped negotiat