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Zemke's Wolf Pack members Hubert Zemke, Francis "Gabby" Gabreski, Robert S. Johnson, Fred Christensen, Walker M. Mahurin, and Gerald W. Johnson autographed a 1986 First Day Cover commemorating the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. The six veterans have autographed across the face of the cover, with several adding military notations.

The cover bears the 22-cent Liberty 1886–1986 stamp with a Liberty Island, New York, July 4, 1986 first-day cancellation. Gabreski has additionally added a handwritten notation along the lower margin on the reverse praising Zemke as the "finest leader in the E.T.O.," referring to the European Theater of Operations.

Fine condition.

Zemke's Wolf Pack was the nickname given to the famed 56th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, commanded for much of World War II by Hubert Zemke. Flying primarily the P-47 Thunderbolt, the group became one of the most successful American fighter organizations in the European Theater. Hubert Zemke (1914–1994), Francis "Gabby" Gabreski (1919–2002), Robert S. Johnson (1920–1998), Fred Christensen (1921–2006), Walker M. Mahurin (1918–2010), and Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002) were among the distinguished fighter pilots associated with the 56th, several of whom ranked among America's leading aerial aces of World War II.

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