1945 Ross T. McIntire Signed Letter - First Physician to the President (FDR) for Sale

1945 Ross T. McIntire Signed Letter - First Physician to the President (FDR) For Sale

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1945 Ross T. McIntire Signed Letter - First Physician to the President (FDR):
$195.00

1945 Ross T. McIntire Signed Letter - First Physician to the President (FDR)The signed letter is dated April 24, 1945 and is on "The Surgeon General Of The Navy Washington" letterhead.
Ross T. McIntire (August 11, 1889 – December 8, 1959) was an American physician and United States Navy officer. An otolaryngologist, he was appointed physician to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, becoming the first Physician to the President with a board-certified speciality. In 1938, he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II. Following his retirement from the Navy with the rank of vice admiral, he held many senior positions in medical institutions, including Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped.This is part of a large collection of autographs that I will be listing over the next couple of days.