JACK SHARKEY MUSEUM WORTHY ORIGINAL 1944 US ARMY/GOVERNMENT "THANK YOU" ARTIFACT

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THIS AMAZING MUSEUM WORTHY DOCUMENT READS LIKE A 2nd "HONORABLE DISCHARGE" CERTIFICATE FOR FORMER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION JACK SHARKEY!!!
SHARKEY FAMOUSLY VOLUNTEERED TO TRAVEL AND SERVE IN THE NORTH AFRICAN "THEATER OF OPERATIONS SPECIAL SERVICES SECTION" DURING WORLD WAR II.
HE TRAINED & COUNSELED YOUNG BOXING SOLDIERS TO BOOST MORAL, AND ORGANIZED, SUPERVISED & REFEREED MATCHES AND TOURNAMENTS.
SENT TO SHARKEY AT THE TIME OF HIS RETURN TO THE STATES, THIS AMAZING TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND LETTER/DOCUMENT DATED FEBRUARY 19, 1944 READS LIKE A ("THANK YOU") LOVE LETTER TO SHARKEY FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES & GOVERNMENT!!!!!
SIGNED IN PENCIL BY COLONEL LEON T. DAVID...CHIEF OF THE SPECIAL SERVICES SECTION/NATOUSA.
ALSO INCLUDED IS THE "ORIGINAL" CARBON COPY OF THE LETTER...WHICH WAS CREATED "PRE-SIGNATURE".
OVERALL CONDITION OF THIS 78 YEAR OLD PAPER ARTIFACT RATES VERY FINE WITH ONLY THE EXPECTED PAPER CLIP RUST MARK, PAIR OF HORIZONTAL MAILING FOLDS & MILD TONING.
DOCUMENT MEASURES 8" X 10.5"
FYI: SHARKEY IS THE ONLY BOXER TO FIGHT AGAINST BOTH JACK DEMPSEY & JOE LOUIS!
FYI: SHARKEY WAS CREDITED WITH CREATING THE PHRASE "WE WUZ ROBBED!"
FYI: WHEN SHARKEY DIED IN 1994 AT AGE 91, HE WAS THE 2nd LONGEST-LIVED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IN HISTORY.
ONE OF THE FEW BOXERS TO HOLD ONTO HIS MONEY THRUOUT HIS CAREER, SHARKEY WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS RETIREMENT.
HE OWNED SHARKEY'S BAR & GRILL, AND REFEREED BOTH BOXING & WRESTLING MATCHES THRUOUT THE US & CANADA.
HE WAS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER AS A BOXING ANALYST & GUEST ANNOUNCER.
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HE WAS PAID TO JOIN
UP WITH BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER TED WILLIAMS TO PROMOTE THE SPORT OF "FLY FISHING" ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
ALONG WITH OUR 45 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS...ALL OF OUR LISTINGS COME WITH OUR PERSONAL LIFETIME GUARANTEE.
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