WWII 1942 SECRET Orders – Coast Artillery Corps Officer Deployment Documents For Sale

🪖 WWII SECRET Orders – 1942 Coast Artillery Corps Deployment Packet – Original Documents

For sale is a rare and historically significant group of original World War II military documents issued by the War Department – Adjutant General’s Office on July 11, 1942. These typewritten orders were marked SECRET and concern the reassignment and deployment of U.S. Army officers from the Coast Artillery Corps for overseas duty.

• 📜 Date: July 11, 1942


• 📍 From: War Department, Washington D.C.


• 🪖 Branch: Coast Artillery Corps (CAC)


• 👨‍✈️ Named Officers: Capt. Lester G. Hays, 1LT Alfred B. Cooper, 1LT Harry P. Jones, 1LT William E. P. Roberts


• 🚢 Destination: San Francisco Port of Embarkation (APO 958), with orders to board U.S. Army transport vessels


• 🔒 Marked: “SECRET” and initialed


• 📂 Includes original typed orders and carbon copies

The documents cover pre-deployment instructions, baggage handling, inoculation requirements, and movement via military transport. One copy is clearly stamped "SECRET" in red with initials, others are faded duplicates or carbon copies, all legible. These orders reflect crucial wartime mobilization strategy.

📌 Condition:

Documents show typical aging, including edge wear, small tears, rust mark from original paperclip, and mild foxing (brown spots). The original paperclip has not been removed in order to avoid any damage to the documents due to their age—this is exactly how they came, and I’ve kept them that way for preservation. See photos for full condition. No restoration or tampering—these are authentic historical artifacts.

💡 Perfect for:

• WWII historians or educators


• Collectors of military ephemera


• Genealogists tracing Coast Artillery service


• Framing with medals, insignia, or photos

This is a true piece of WWII military history, directly tied to the U.S. Army’s Pacific Theater deployment operations.

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