War-dated TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 4, 1944. Letter to Mrs. Clifford D. Mallory, in part: "I am most grateful to you for that excellent copy of the old print of the Hudson River from Hyde Park. I am delighted to have it and I shall put it in a little new cottage which I have built at the top of the hill. I knew that your boy is in the Southwest Pacific. My oldest boy, James, who is in the Marine Corps, has been there three times, and I suppose he will go again, as he has been working on commando training for the last two years." In fine condition, with light toning to the edges, and the type light but readable. Only six weeks earlier, James Roosevelt had landed with the US Army's 165th Regimental Combat Team, 27th Infantry Division during the Invasion of Makin; he was awarded a Silver Star for his gallantry in action.
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