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Dear Fred:
yI just got back from Washington
last night where I heard that you.had been
made a General and I am writing to send
you.my congratulations. I·am delighted.
I can just appreciate too, how pleased
you and Edith are. I
Alice and I send you both our
congratulations and best wishes for a
very happy Christmas.
U Sincerely yours,
FHL:L§B
T General Fred W. Rankin
l War Department I
j Washington, District of Columbia
Q December 16, 1942.