CONTEMPORARY GEORGE S. PATTON MEMORIAL BOOKLET
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CONTEMPORARY GEORGE S. PATTON MEMORIAL BOOKLET Very rare booklet published following the death of Gen. George S. Patton ""In Memoriam George S. Patton Jr. General U.S. Army"" 32pp. 7"" x 9 1/2"" (Bad Tolz Germany: 667 Engr. Repro Train 3rd Army H.Q.) 1946. Paperboards with frontis portrait of a painting of Patton in uniform foreword by Gen.Lucius Truscott. This rare printing was the first memorial tribute to Patton published at his headquarters just two months after his death. It contains Eisenhower's general order announcing the death the Third and Seventh Army announcements an address by Secretary of War Robert Patterson a series of illustrated articles written about the general and the text of Patton's Oct. 7 1945 farewell to his Third Army. With a 5"" x 4"" b/w photo showing Gen. Geoffrey Keyes Patton's close friend and deputy commander laying a wreath at Patton's grave. Fine from Keyes' estate.
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CONTEMPORARY GEORGE S. PATTON MEMORIAL BOOKLET
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