(KENNEDY JOHN F) YAMASHIRO KATSUMORI Archive of 100 items Si

JAPANESE COMMANDER OF DESTROYER THAT SANK JFK'S PT-109 (KENNEDY, JOHN F.) YAMASHIRO, KATSUMORI. Archive of 100 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, "K. Yamashiro" or "Capt. Katsumori Yamashiro," to his American pen pal Louis Newman, in English, including 58 ALsS, two ANsS on postcards, 11 PsS, 22 covers signed, an AMS, a book Signed and Inscribed, and 5 greeting cards Signed. Many items with holograph diagram depicting the collision of the Amagiri and JFK's PT-109 on August 2, 1943. The letters, many on topics relating to the collision, includes holograph transcriptions and photocopies of letters to him from White House, drafts of his statement correcting misinformation about the collision, and some concerning stamp or coin collecting. Together 90 pages, 4to or 8vo, most on onionskin paper, some on aerogram paper. Most with the original envelope. The postcards, sending thanks. Each 1 page, oblong 12mo. The photographs, each a nearly-identical copy print of an early bust portrait showing Yamashiro in uniform. Signed in the image at lower center. Each 4 1/2x3 1/4 inches. The covers, most with cachet relating to JFK, many postmarked in 1964-65 on the anniversary of JFK's birth. Each oblong 12mo. The manuscript, 25-line holograph statement entitled, "The True Story of Pres. John F. Kennedy's PT109 Collision," with holograph diagram. 1 page, 4to, onionskin paper. The book, Robert J. Donovan's PT 109. Japanese edition. Includes 25-line holograph statement and diagrams on front free endpaper and pages 2, 8, and 10-11. 8vo, wrappers. [Tokyo]: Japan Institute of Foreign Affairs, 1963. The greeting cards, each 8vo or smaller. Vp, 1968-80