Bidspirit auction | Letter Signed by Admiral Halloway

Letter Signed by Admiral Halloway US Navy WW1 Veteran, WW11 operation touch. Good Content. Two Page Letter dated 7 Feb 1975 Signed by James Lemuel Holloway Jr. (June 20, 1898 - January 11, 1984) was a four Star Admiral in the United States Navy. Commissioned ensign on June 7, 1918, Holloway was assigned to the destroyer Monaghan operating out of Brest France, as part of the destroyer force tasked with anti-submarine patrols against German U - Boats in European waters. Holloway had applied for immediate sea duty after the Pearl Harbor attack and on 20 May 1942, he assumed command of Destroyer Squadron Ten (Desron 10), a newly built and newly commissioned member of the Atlantic Fleet. Promoted to captain in June, in November he led Desron 10 in screening the landings at Casablanca during the opening stages of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. As one of three principal destroyer commanders in this operation, he received a Navy Commendation Ribbon. Holloway assumed command of the battleship IOWA, flagship of Battleship Division 7, in November 1944. Under his command, Iowa took part in attacks on Luzon later that month, shooting down many enemy aircraft, and participated in strikes on the Japanese homeland from March to July 1945.