Letter from General Richard C. Sanders to former Army Air Forces team: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a form letter to former member of the Army Air Forces (AAF) team from Brigadier General Richard C. Sanders. The single sheet of paper contains a form letter from Commanding Brigadier General Sanders to soldiers who had been in the Army Air Forces. At the center top margin is small black text that reads “HEADQUARTERS / AAF PERSONNEL DISTRIBUTION COMMAND / OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL / LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.” In the proper upper left corner of the sheet is black text that reads “SAVE” inside a partially closed oval. Very small white text within the black oval outline reads “U.S. ARMY / CONSERVATION PROGRAM.” In the proper upper right corner of the sheet is a rectangle with a small image of a Revolutionary War soldier holding a long rifle. Above his head is black text that reads “FOR VICTORY.” Next to the soldier is small black text that reads “BUY / UNITED STATES / WAR / BONDES / AND / STAMPS.” At the bottom of the letter is a signature that reads “Richard C. Sanders.” The back of the sheet is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1946
• Issued by: United States Army Air Force, American, 1941 - 1947
• Subject of: Robert Sydnor Jennings, American, 1913 - 1991
• Type: form letters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.5 × 20 cm)
• Place used: Nathalie, Halifax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Military
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2022.91.9.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Ara Belle Brown Jennings and Robert Sydnor Jennings (La Vinia Delois Jennings, Executrix) Oct. 2022
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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