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Document 27911
WILLIAM S. SIMS. Signature: "Wm S.
Sims/Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy/Sept., 1926", 5½x3¼ card. Imprinted at
top: "73 Catherine Street/Newport, R.I.". As naval aide to President
Theodore Roosevelt, Sims brought about great improvements in naval gunnery. He
commanded the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla (1913-1915) and was President of the
Naval War College (1917). Admiral Sims was named Commander of U.S. naval forces
in European Waters (1918). He was coauthor of The Victory at Sea, which
won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize in history. Fine condition.
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