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[[preprinted and centered]] AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
ENT AIR FORCE BASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO [[/centered]]

OFFICE of the DEPUTY CHIEF of STAFF, INTELLIGENCE [[/preprinted]]

1 November, 1954

Dear Ben:

Since the day General Carl Fritzsche and I (we were both Lieutenants then) watched you and your new wife walk past Central Apartments in 1936, I have had a special interest in your career. It has been a special pleasure to see you meet every problem in an exemplary manner.

My heartfelt congratulations on that star and the respect and confidence it reflects.

Sincerely,
[[signature]] W M Burgess [[/signature]]
W. M. BURGESS
Brigadier General, USAF

Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Commander
51st Fighter Interceptor Wing
APO 235, San Francisco, California