Letter from General Richard C. Sanders to former Army Air Forces team
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Letter from General Richard C. Sanders to former Army Air Forces team

United States Army Air Force, American, 1941 - 1947 · ca. 1946

ink on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

This is a form letter to former member of the Army Air Forces (AAF) team from Brigadier General Richard C. Sanders. The single sheet of paper contains a form letter from Commanding Brigadier General Sanders to soldiers who had been in the Army Air Forces. At the center top margin is small black text that reads “HEADQUARTERS / AAF PERSONNEL DISTRIBUTION COMMAND / OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL / LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.” In the proper upper left corner of the sheet is black text that reads “SAVE” inside a partially closed oval. Very small white text within the black oval outline reads “U.S. ARMY / CONSERVATION PROGRAM.” In the proper upper right corner of the sheet is a rectangle with a small image of a Revolutionary War soldier holding a long rifle. Above his head is black text that reads “FOR VICTORY.” Next to the soldier is small black text that reads “BUY / UNITED STATES / WAR / BONDES / AND / STAMPS.” At the bottom of the letter is a signature that reads “Richard C. Sanders.” The back of the sheet is blank.

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