[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor. Hope the week has treated you well. Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[gpapa]

Airborne Commander
Photo by USAMHI
July 08, 2007

Major General Matthew B. Ridgway (center), Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division, and staff, overlooking the battlefield near Ribera, Sicily, 25 July 1943. Each officer wears the distinctive jump jacket and pants with large pockets and boots. (Matthew B. Ridgway Collection).