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Pre-WW2 USMC Letter / Photo USS Salt Lake City

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Very nice condition letter home from a US Marine serving with the Marine Detachment aboard USS SALT LAKE CITY (CA25), with an awesome photo-added embossed USMC envelope (see pictures).
    PFC Eugene Ambrosio enlisted in the USMC in 1939, and was promoted up to Major through his almost 20 years as a Marine. His assignments were:
    USS SALT LAKE CITY,
    MARINE BARRACKS MARE ISLAND,
    US NAVAL ACADEMY ( USS REINA MERCEDES),
    A Company / USMC Barracks Pearl Harbor,
    During Korea with the 1st Marine Division as an MP
    Promoted to Major in 1957
    Great Historical USMC item!