WWII Letter Presidential Unit Citation USS John Ford Sec Navy James Forrestal

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I've been asked to sell items from the estate of Vice Admiral William Paden Mack, former superintendent of the Naval Academy.
Offered here is a presidential unit citation letter
To the USS John D Ford for extraordinary heroism during Java Campaign January 23 to March 2, 1942.
Signed for the President by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy
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8 by 10 1/2"
Holes in top where it was in a binder.