War-dated TLS signed “W. F. Halsey,” one page, 6 x 8, Commander South Pacific Force letterhead, July 14, 1943. Letter to Gordon Ringer, in part: "I take great pleasure in acknowledging receipt of the copy of the poem which you wrote about Yamamoto. I know you join with me in hopes that you will some day have an opportunity to commemorate in your very capable verse an event which will call for even greater rejoicing." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, had been killed in action in April 1943.
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