General William A. Knowlton
I received this email after a purchase last week:
"I work at the American Military Museum in Charleston, SC (http://www.americanmilitarymuseum.org/) and we recently received Gen. Knowlton's complete uniform and several other interesting items. Along with the uniform was a photocopy of the article contained in this edition of Readers Digest, so I bought the original thing to put with his original uniform."
It is a fascinating War story, "Your Mission Is To Contact The Russians" by Captain William A. Knowlton) later General Willliam Knowlton), and contained in this issue: Reader's Digest August 1945, which was right at the end of the war. I've sold a few of these issues to others who have served with him.
These days, he is more well known for being the Fater-in-Law of General David Petraeus, of U. S. Central Command. Here's a photo of the museum display. The magazine is open to his article, to the left of the uniform.
