| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "MILITARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DECORATED CAVALRY GENERAL" |
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| GENERAL JAMES H. POLK EULOGY BY CHARLES H. LEAVELL, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] MEDITATION GIVEN BY THE REV. ROBERT T. GIBSON, MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CHAPLAIN (COLONEL) RICHARD N. DONOVAN TO MRS. JAMES H. POLK (JOSEPHINE) REGARDING FORWARDING OF REMARKS AT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK'S FUNERAL, WITH ATTACHMENT] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL DON LIONETTI, FORT MYER CHAPEL] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL GILDENBURGH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM RONALD REAGAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HIM (POLK) TO GET WELL SOON] |
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| [BIRTHDAY CARD FROM EIGHTH INFANTRY DIVISION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK] |
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| [CERTIFICATE] 2D BATTLE GROUP SIXTH INFANTRY, LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP |
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| [ENVELOPE] VII GROUP OF 10 B&W PHOTOS RELATING TO JHP'S DUTY W/3D ARMORED DIV., FIRST AS CHIEF OF STAFF, THEN AS ASS'T DIV. COMMANDER, 1956 |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - THREE ROWS OF OFFICERS IN A BUILDING AT FORT KNOX, FOR BUFFETT DINNER IN HONOR OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. WILLEMS (FRONT ROW, CENTER)] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - FIVE OFFICERS VIEWING A PRESENTATION BY A SIXTH MAN, CHART VISIBLE IN LEFT FRAME] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL HENRY "HAWK" HODES WALKING IN LUXEMBOURG, TOWER, BYSTANDERS, CAR IN BACKGROUND] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS INSPECTING BAND AND A GROUP OF SOLDIERS CARRYING RIFLES] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK (CENTER) STANDING WITH TWO GERMAN CHIEFS OF POLICE WATCHING TWO SOLDIERS TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF A JEEP] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK CUTTING BIRTHDAY CAKE READING "SPEARHEAD" WITH INSIGNIA, COUCH BEHIND HIM] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - JAMES H. POLK (CENTER) TALKING WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES H. POLK (LEFT) STANDING WITH MAJOR GENERAL PORTER (RIGHT) STANDING NEAR MICROPHONE, CROWD OF PEOPLE SEATED AND TANK IN BACKGROUND] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WITH SEVERAL ROWS OF SOLDIERS, JAMES H. POLK WALKING THROUGH CENTER FRAME WITH TWO OTHER SOLDIERS BESIDE HIM] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - 3RD ARMORED DIVISION REVIEW, ROWS OF SOLDIERS WITH U. S. FLAG AND 3RD ARMORED DIVISION FLAG, LEAD SOLDIER SALUTING TWO OFFICERS OPPOSITE THEM] |
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| [INVENTORY LIST] MEMORABILIA OF JAMES HILLIARD POLK, 13 DECEMBER 1911 - 18 FEBRUARY 1992 |
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| [COPY] [EXCERPT] CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE, "RETIREMENT OF GEN. JAMES HILLIARD POLK, JR. |
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| [BIOGRAPHY] "AN OLD HAND OF PATTON'S ARMY" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "HONOR FORMATIONS ASSEMBLED" |
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| [TELEVISION TRANSCRIPT] [TRANSLATION] TV COVERAGE OF FAREWELL PARADE |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK SAYS GOODBYE TO EUROPE" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "HONOR FORMATIONS ASSEMBLED" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL WITH HEIDELBERG SONG" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "MIT HEIDELBERG-LIED VERABSCHIEDET" ["FAREWELL WITH HEIDELBERG SONG"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "17-GUN SALUTE FOR POLK'S FAREWELL" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "NIXON THANKS GENERAL POLK" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "ZUM ABSCHIED VON GENERAL POLK: EHRENFORMATIONEN WAREN ANGETRETEN" ["FAREWELL TO GENERAL POLK: HONORARY FORMATIONS STARTED"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK, COMMANDER OF US FORCES IN EUROPE MADE HIS FAREWELL YESTERDAY TO THE FIRST ARMY IN STRASBOURG. GENERAL HUBLOT PRESENTS HIM WITH THE TIE OF COMMANDER IN THE LEGION OF HONOR." |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "LA GENERAL POLK, COMMANDANT LES FORCES US EN EUROPE, A FAIT SES ADIEUX A LA 1RE ARMEE, HIER A STRASBOURG" ["GENERAL POLK, COMMANDER OF U. S. FORCES IN EUROPE, MADE HIS FAREWELL TO THE FIRST ARMY, YESTERDAY IN STRASBOURG"] |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "SIEBZEHN SCHU[SS] SALUT ZUM ABSCHIED POLKS" ["17-GUN SALUTE FOR THE POLKS' FAREWELL"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "DEMONSTRATORS DISTURBED 'GRAND TATTOO' FOR GENERAL POLK" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GRAND TATTOO FOR GENERAL POLK" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK VERLA[SS]T EUROPA: GRO[SS]ER ZAPFENSTREICH ZUM ABSCHIED" ["GENERAL POLK LEAVES EUROPE: BIG CONE PRANK FOR HIS FAREWELL"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GEN. POLK HONORED BY BUNDESWEHR" |
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| [COPY] [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL HUBLOT (LEFT) SHAKING HANDS WITH GENERAL POLK (CENTER) WHILE POLK IS AWARDED THE LEGION D'HONNEUR BY UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER (RIGHT)] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "WITH STAR AND SASH" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL PARADE IN BERLIN" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATIONS] [ARTICLES] "GRAND TATTOO FOR GENERAL POLK"; "MRS. POLK GIVES FAREWELL RECEPTION" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATIONS] [ARTICLE] "GIFTS FOR MRS. POLK"; [TELEVISION TRANSCRIPT] "GENERAL POLK SAYS FAREWELL AT FRENCH FORCES HEADQUARTERS" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "SWEET MEMORIES OF HEIDELBERG REMAIN" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATIONS] [ARTICLES] "DAVISON WILL SUCCEED GENERAL POLK"; "MINISTER PRESIDENTS HONOR GENERAL POLK" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "WARM FAREWELL FOR MRS. POLK" |
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| [PRESERVATION COPY] [FOLDER COVER] PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, 26 JUNE 1963, VISIT TO BERLIN, NOTES, MRS. JAMES H. POLK |
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| SCHONENBERG RATHAUS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| BRANDEBURG GATE, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| CONGRESS HALL, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| [ITINERARY] ARRIVAL CEREMONY |
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| ARRIVAL CEREMONY, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| ITINERARY FOR MRS. POLK, WEDNESDAY, 26 JUNE 1963 |
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| FREE UNIVERSITY, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| U. S. HEADQUARTERS, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| DEPARTURE CEREMONY, SEQUENCE OF EVENTS |
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| [ITINERARY] DEPARTURE CEREMONY |
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| NARRATIVE PROGRAM FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S BERLIN VISIT, JUNE 26, 1963 |
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| [BROCHURE] BERLIN, JRO-SONDERKARTE |
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| [PRINT] [PHOTOGRAPH - GEORGE H. W. BUSH (LEFT) AND BARBARA BUSH (RIGHT) SITTING IN A GARDEN, SMILING, SIGNATURES BELOW] |
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| SUPPLEMENTARY PRESS KIT FOR BERLIN VISIT OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TO GERMANY |
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| [BOOKLET] WORLD WAR II LETTERS AND NOTES OF JAMES H. POLK, 1944 - 1945 |
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| [ENVELOPE] XVIII ENVELOPE 1 OF 4, COPIES OF LETTERS TO JHP SIGNED BY DIGNITARIES - DEC 1960 - FEB 1992. 194 LETTERS TOTAL, 48 THIS ENVELOPE INDEXED ALPHABETICALLY |
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| [LIST] LETTERS TO GENERAL POLK |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL CREIGHTON W. ABRAMS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR THOUGHTFUL LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CREIGHTON W. ABRAMS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATIONS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GARDNER ACKLEY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY, COMMENDATION OF COLONEL ROSS AND DOCTOR GILLESPIE AT LANDSTUHL HOSPITAL] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM STEPHEN AILES TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR WALTER H. ANNENBERG TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR INCLUSION IN POLITICAL-MILITARY GAME] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR WALTER ANNENBERG TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR BRIEFING] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR WALTER ANNENBERG TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR PHOTOGRAPH OF VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR WALTER ANNENBERG TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL REZA AZIMI TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY TO MAJOR GENERAL FIROUZMAND AND HIMSELF DURING U. S. ARMY EUROPE AND SEVENTH ARMY VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL J. BENNECKE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING APPRECIATION OF DISCUSSION ON FUTURE BATTLE IN CENTRAL EUROPE, COMMENDATION OF SERVICE IN EUROPE, INVITATION TO KASTEEL PUTH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL OMAR N. BRADLEY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR ARRANGEMENTS, HELICOPTERS FOR D-DAY 25TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONIES] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATIONS, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING BRANDT'S NEW POSITION AS MAYOR OF BERLIN, LIST ON COMPOSITION OF NEW BERLIN SENAT, WITH ATTACHMENTS (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON SUCCESSFUL ORBIT FLIGHT, COMMENDATION OF MAJOR GORDON COOPER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY ON DEATH OF SENATOR DR. GUNTER KLEIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING BIRTHDAY WISHES, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR FLOWERS SENT TO HOSPITAL, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATION] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLY BRANDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS, WITH ATTACHMENT (ORIGINAL)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL SIR ROBERT BRAY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND NOTE, REGRETS UNABLE TO ATTEND FAREWELL, REFORGER II] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM MANLIO BROSIO TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR PHOTOGRAPH OF MINISTER SCHMIDT AND HIMSELF (BROSIO) IN NUERNBERG, EXERCISE REFORGER II] |
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| [COPY] [NOTE WITH "DOODLING" OF SNOWFLAKE DRAWN BY GENERAL DAVID A. BURCHINAL] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM A. SIDNEY BUFORD, III, TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING GORDON GRAY'S "POWER POSITIONS" STUDY AND COMMENDATION OF POLK] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN A. CALHOUN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE, WELL-WISHES FOR NEW COMMAND] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL COSIMO CASSONE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING HAPPY THANKSGIVING] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL UGO CENTOFANTI TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING REGRETS UNABLE TO VISIT BEFORE DEPARTING COMMAND] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL LUCIUS D. CLAY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER, PRESIDENT'S BERLIN VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ARCHBISHOP TERENCE J. COOKE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING ITINERARY FOR UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE, VISIT, UNABLE TO ATTEND EUROPEAN MILITARY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM MILITARY VICAR TERENCE J. COOKE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY IN HEIDELBERG] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ARCHBISHOP TERENCE J. COOKE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND WISHES ON HIS (COOKE'S) DESIGNATION BY POPE PAUL VI] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ARCHBISHOP TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY IN FRANKFURT AND FOR DISCUSSION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR PHILIP K. CROWE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND EXERCISE CAR CREW III] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ULRICH DE MAZIERE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING ITINERARY FOR HEIDELBERG VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JEAN-LOUIS DU TEMPLE DE ROUGEMONT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING APPRECIATION OF SERVICE, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR GUILFORD DUDLEY, JR., TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR PICTURE, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ELEANOR LANSING DULLES TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR COMMENTS ON PAGES, UPCOMING BOOK, VISIT FROM NIECE CLOVER JEBSEN AND HUSBAND JENS] |
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