[General J. M. Wainwright [Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV], US Army general, Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines.] Typed Note Signed, complying with a request for an autograph.

The note was written in a momentous month for Wainwright. On 5 September 1945, on his release after three years in captivity following his surrender at Corregidor, Wainwright was promoted to four-star General. On 10 September he was presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman at the White House. On 13 September a ticker-tape parade in New York City was held in his honor. And on 28 September he was named commander of the Second Service Command and the Eastern Defense Command at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York. The present item is 1p, landscape 8vo, on a piece of paper cropped down to 20.5 x 15.5 cm. Good firm signature. The text simply reads: ‘Dear Mrs. Wines: / It gives me great pleasure to comply with your request for my autograph. / Sincerely, / [J. M. Wainwright] / J. M. Wainwright, / General, U. S. Army’. See Image.