George HW Bush Receives the Family of a Fallen Soldier at the White House

I will never ever forget your courage, your family love, your pride in your fallen son - your faith, your just plain class

Just days after James Markell died in Operation Just Cause (the overthrow and capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega), the President came to Cincinnati to address the Chamber of Commerce and met with the family privately at the Hyatt Hotel where he was speaking. A few weeks later, a note arrived from the President.  It is a very uncommon, important ALS as President.

Autograph Letter Signed, The White House, January 18, 1990, to Sandra Rouse. “I am so glad we met. I will never ever forget your courage, your family love, your pride in your fallen son - your faith, your just plain class.  With best wishes, Sincerely George Bush.”