TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific letterhead, September 1, 1945. Letter to Maria A. Lamagna. In full: “My deepest sympathy goes to you in the death of your son, Private First Class Salvador G. Lamagna, while a prisoner of war of the enemy. You may have some consolation in the memory that he, along with his comrades-in-arms who died on Bataan and Corregidor and in prison camps, gave his life for his country. It was largely their magnificent courage and sacrifices which stopped the enemy in the Philippines and gave us the time to arm ourselves for our return to the Philippines and the final defeat of Japan. Their names will be enshrined in our country’s glory forever. In your son’s death I have lost a gallant comrade and mourn with you.” The original mailing envelope is stapled to the upper left. In fine condition. Salvador G. Lamagna served in the 31st Infantry Regiment, which surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942. The men in the unit were taken as prisoners of war, most undergoing brutal torture and humiliation on the Bataan Death March; roughly half of the 1600 members of the 31st Infantry who surrendered at Bataan perished while prisoners of the Japanese. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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