DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.  Historically important mimeograph of MacArthur’s end of World War II message signed at the conclusion in black fountain pen by, “Douglas MacArthur,” as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.

HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MIMEOGRAPH OF MACARTHUR’S END OF WORLD WAR II MESSAGE SIGNED BY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AS SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

Identical copies were presented by MacArthur to officers under his command, measures 10.375 by 8.375 inches, in very fine condition with light staining and creasing, and originally signed for Harry I. Morrison, the chief engineer on the Spindle Eye even while it served as a relay radio ship for the atomic bomb test Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in 1946.

“ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY -- THE FIRST IN FIVE YEARS ON WHICH OUR GUNS HAVE BEEN SILENT -- I JOIN WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COMMAND IN THANKING GOD FOR OUR DELIVERANCE FROM THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION OF WAR”

Reads in full: “Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 25 December, 1945, Christmas Message, On this Christmas Day -- the first in five years on which our guns have been silent -- I join with all members of this Command in thanking God for our deliverance from the death and destruction of war and pray that our merciful Lord will sustain us in our efforts to realize in its fullest the ideal which Christ brought to the world -- peace on earth and to all men, good will.  Douglas MacArthur.”