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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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February 18, 2014 11:00 AM EST
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