Dickie Mountbatten

The letters that Lord Louis Mountbatten signed as Dickie Mountbatten also include an original 1965 luncheon invitation he sent to Admiral US Grant Sharp when Sharp was in the UK for SEATO meetings (the Southeast Asia version of NATO).

Lord Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl of Burma - or just plain Dickie

Lord Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl of Burma was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria, who gave him the nickname Dickie.

It is very rare to see something signed by him as Dickie Mountbatten, but these are two such notes sent to US Navy Admiral US Grant Sharp, who was supreme commander of US military forces in the Vietnam War from 1964-1968. Mountbatten had been Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command in World War II so there must have been a kinship between the two. The letters are addressed to "Oley" which was the admiral's nickname. You can click on the photos to see these enlarged. These are original documents and are for sale: Click here for more information.

Jacqueline Kennedy signature on signed note to US Navy Admiral

In 1966 Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children visited Hawaii. She later wrote a note to US Pacific Forces Commander-in-Chief US Grant Sharp. She references "John" and that is her son John F Kennedy Jr. Jackie Kennedy still had a "franking"privilege then so instead of a stamp, the envelope has her signature.

President Lyndon Johnson signature on notes to military leader

These came from the estate of the late Admiral US Grant Sharp who was Commander In Chief of Pacific Forces from 1964-68 and was commander of all US troops in Vietnam: think of him as being the Eisenhower of the Vietnam War (Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of forces in the war against Germany).

These two notes from President Lyndon Baines Johnson are rare examples of notes from a sitting President to the an active wartime theater commander. LBJ's signature itself is rare, and something like this is pretty much impossible to find. I also show a note the florist sent when the President and Mrs. Johnson sent flowers to Sharp and his wife during the Johnson's trip to Hawaii for a conference with South Vietnam leaders (Sharp was headquartered in Hawaii).