Auction 85 Part 2 Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2
Oct 29, 2020
USA
 98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 791:

CLARENCE R. HUEBNER IS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL

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CLARENCE R. HUEBNER IS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL
FROM THE ESTATE OF GEN. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER, COMMANDER OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE FIRST WAVE AT OMAHA BEACH Great partly-printed D.S., 1p. folio, Washington, March 10, 1938, issued two years before the start of World War II, appointing Clarence Ralph Huebner to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry. The bottom-right is signed by HARRY H. WOODRING (1887-1967), the 25th Governor of Kansas and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of War from 1936 to 1940. Some creases at right edge, else very good to fine. With blind-embossed 'War Office' seal at bottom. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER (1888 - 1972) was the American general who took command of the 1st Infantry Division, popularly known as the 'Big Red One', in early August of 1943. He commanded the division during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, where it was the first force to face the Germans on Omaha Beach, and he joined his men on the beach the same day. The division was instrumental in the breakthrough following the battle for St. Lo and in foiling the German counteroffensive at Mortain.

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