PANCHO VILLA LT WWI 57th INFANTRY WWII BLACK COLONEL MATHEWS DOCUMENT SIGNED '19

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Here’s a WWI US Military Discharge Document Signed by Pioneer US Army African-American West Point Colonel
CLIFFORD JAMES MATHEWS
(1890 - 1984)
1916
MEXICAN PANCHO VILLA PUNATIVE EXPEDITION
2
nd
LIEUTENANT
16
th
US INFANTRY,
WORLD WAR I WEST POINT MAJOR
57
th
UNITED STATES INFANTRY, U. S. A., and INSTUCTOR OF INFANTRY TACTICS,
POST-WWI PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS AT OKLAHOMA MILITARY ACADEMY,
WWII COLONEL
US ARMY and COMMANDER OF THE 385
th
INFANTRY REGIMENT, DIVISION AT FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN
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PIONEER AFRICAN-AMERICAN US ARMY OFFICER.
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HERE IS A RARE WWI HONORABLE DISCHARGE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY MATHEWS AS MAJOR IN THE
57
th
US INFANTRY, DATED AT CAMP PIKE, ARKANSAS, MARCH 31
st
1919, DISCHARGING RALPH W. ALDEN, PFC HEADQUARTERS 57
th
INFANTRY.
OTHER U.S. ARMY OFFICER ENDORSEMENTS APPEAR ON THE DOCUMENT.
The document measures 8½” x 11” and is in very fine condition, with folds.
A FINE RELIC OF AMERICAN WWI MILITARY HISTORY.
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Clifford James Mathews
Birth 28 Aug 1890
Death
27 May 1984 (aged 93)
Burial
Crest Lawn Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Plot
Section 19
Inscription
Col US Army
World War I & II
Korea
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