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GEOFFREY KEYES
GEOFFREY KEYES
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GEOFFREY KEYES GEOFFREY KEYES (1888-1967) Highly decorated Lieutenant General who commanded the II Corps during World War II. During the war Keyes was Chief of Staff 2nd Armored Division commanded the 9th Armored Division Dep. Commander 7th Army [Sicily] Commander 7th and 3rd Armies (assuming Patton's old command) and headed occupation forces in Austria. Keyes was George Patton's invaluable chief of staff leading Patton's I Corps in Morocco and accepting the surrender of Palermo. He later served with distinction under Mark Clark at Anzio Cassino and before Rome. Good content A.L.S. ""Geoff"" to his wife 2pp. 4to. [n.p.] Apr. 24 [1946] explaining that 3rd Army commander Lucius Truscott had fallen ill adding: ""...he will have to return to the U.S. for further treatment - and I am to be given command of 3d Army and that of course precludes my going home on leave..."". With transmittal envelope signed in full in block letters. Very good.
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