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Patton Collection 2.5 linear feet Collection of various papers and books belonging or attributed to GEN George S. Patton Jr. Includes material created by Patton during his tenure as Commanding Officer, 304th Tank Brigade during World War I, as well as other correspondence, photographs, books, booklets, etc. collected or given to him from the years between the wars and from World War II. RESTRICTED PATN also Accession 89-108-02 BRETT, Sereno E. PATTON, George Smith Jr. (1885-1945) ROCKENBACH, Samuel Dickerson (1869-1952) Armored Fighting Vehicles -- Tank -- World War I -- Photographs CIE 74 Hammelberg Raid Ludwigsburg GE TF Baum (Task Force Baum) United States, Army -- Armies -- Third Army United States, Army – Armies – Seventh Army United States, Army – Armored Divisions – 2nd Armored Division United States, Army – Armored Divisions – 4th Armored Division United States, Army – Armored Divisions – 5th Armored Division United States, Army – Armored Divisions – 9th Armored Division United States, Army – Armored Divisions – 10th Armored Division United States, Army – Army Air Corps – 86th Fighter Group United States, Army – Artillery Groups – 183rd Field Artillery Group United States, Army – Cavalry Groups – 16th Cavalry Group United States, Army – Cavalry Squadrons – 91st Reconnaissance Squadron United States, Army – Camps & Forts – Camp Meade Maryland United States, Army – Corps – I Corps AEF United States, Army – Corps – II Corps United States, Army – Corps – IV Corps AEF United States, Army – Corps – V Corps AEF United States, Army – Corps – XX Corps United States, Army – Engineer Battalions – 652nd Engineer (Topo.) Battalion United States, Army – Infantry Battalions – 20th Armored Infantry Battalion United States, Army – Infantry Divisions – 28th Division AEF United States, Army – Infantry Divisions – 35th Division AEF United States, Army – Infantry Divisions – 42nd Division AEF United States, Army – Infantry Divisions – 95th Infantry Division United States, Army – Infantry Divisions – 99th Infantry Division United States, Army – Miscellaneous Units – Civilian Internment Enclosure #74 United States, Army – Tank Brigades – 1st Tank Brigade AEF United States, Army – Tank Brigades -- 304th Tank Brigade, AEF United States, Army – Tank Battalions – 16th Tank Battalion United States, Army – Tank Battalions – 301st Tank Battalion, AEF United States, Army – Tank Battalions -- 326th Tank Battalion– Photographs United States, Army – Tank Battalions -- 327th Tank Battalion, AEF

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United States, Army – Tank Battalions -- 327th Tank Battalion Photographs United States, Army – Tank Battalions -- 344th Tank Battalion, AEF United States, Army – Tank Battalions -- 345th Tank Battalion, AEF United States, Army -- Tank Centers – 301st Tank Center – Photographs United States, Army – Tank Centers – 311th Tank Center United States, Army - Tank Corps World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Meuse-Argonne World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns – St. Michel World War, 1914-1918 -- Tank Warfare World War, 1939-1945 – Campaigns – North Africa World War, 1939-1945 – Campaigns -- Sicily World War, 1939-1945 – Campaigns – Northern Europe

BOX A

R32/7A/(Folder #) FOLDER (Cataloged Materials)

1 Photo-static Copy of Original letters PATN 1905.15.00

a. From George S. Patton to Senator Thomas R. Bard, 22 February 1904 (Subject is request to appoint his son to West Point)

b. From George S. Patton Jr. to Senator Thomas R. Bard, 7 May 1904 (Subject concerns his West Point appointment)

2 Photo-static copy of letter from COL George S. Patton Jr. to BG S. D. Rockenbach, 5

December 1918 (Subject concerns General Rockenbach’s efforts to get the DSC for Patton) PATN 1905.18.00

3 Photo-static copy of letter from MAJ George S. Patton Jr. to BG S. D. Rockenbach, 28

September 1920 (Subject is a thank you for the General’s help while Patton was with the Tank Corps) PATN 1905.17.00

4 Memorandum signed by GEN G. S. Patton Jr. for LT Joseph F. Fiala, 30 November 1945,

PATN 1904.96.00

5 Typewritten will signed by G. S. Patton Jr. and dated in August 1918. PATN 1927.50.00

6 Newspaper Clipping concerning Patton shooting of Villista in Mexico, PATN 1926.48.00

7 Mimeograph Memorandum; Funeral Escort Order, Funeral Escort Command, Luxembourg City, 29 December 1945, for General Patton PATN 1914.35.00

8 Miscellaneous Papers: PATN 1914.33.00

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a. Letter from HQ, Third U.S. Army To Officers and enlisted personnel of HQ & HQ Company, Third Army, 20 August 1945

b. Mimeograph Copy; General Orders 98, HQ Third U.S. Army, 9 May 1945, SUBJ: Soldiers of the Third Army, Past and Present

9 Booklet; The True Story of the Patton Prayer, Chaplain James H. O’Neill, ca1950 PATN

1909.94.00 10 Certificate; The Baltic Society, ca1920 PATN 1940.22.00

11 B&W Photographs (taken by Patton and reprinted from negatives in 1968)

a. Gela Bay where 7th Army landed July 1943 PATN 1927.84.00 b. German Dead near Gela Sicily PATN 1927.85.00 c. Untitled (Mountain Peak on Sicily) PATN 1927.86.00 d. Untitled (Fishing boat in Gela Bay) PATN 1927.87.00 e. Untitled (Coastline – Sicily) PATN 1927.88.00 f. Untitled (Coastline – Sicily) PATN 1927.89.00 g. Untitled (Mountains – Sicily) PATN 1927.90.00 h. Enemy tank and U.S. Ambulance, Sicily 1943 PATN 1927.91.00 i. Untitled (Knocked out M7 SP Gun) near Troina Sicily 1943 PATN 1927.92.00 j. Work of the 1st Ranger Battalion under command of LTC W. O. Darby (Later KIA)

July 1943, Sicily PATN 1927.93.00 k. Untitled (Fishing boat off of coast of Sicily) PATN 1927.94.00 l. Italian Dead, Sicily 1943 PATN 1927.95.00 m. Enemy Pack horse Sicily 1943 PATN 1927.96.00 n. Elements of 2nd Armored Division, Sicily July 1943 with Italian Prisoners PATN

1927.97.00 o. German Dead near Palermo PATN 1927.98.00 p. Untitled (City Gate in Sicily) PATN 1927.99.00 q. Untitled (Fishing boat) PATN 1928.00.00 r. GEN George S. Patton wearing a tank commander experimental uniform, taken by

MAJ William H. Greer, 1941 PATN 1927.42.00

12 Envelope mailed and censored by GEN Patton to his wife, May 2, 1945 (Scott Catalog number UC-6) PATN 1942.92.00

13 Flimsy copy; General Orders No. 103, War Department, Washington DC, August 16,

1919, SUBJ: Award of DSC to Colonel Patton PATN 1940.21.00

14 Certificate; St. Mihiel Medal, to General George S. Patton Jr. Certificate Number 5129 PATN 1983.17.01

15 Folder containing mint and canceled blocks of four of Luxembourg stamps honoring

Patton issued in 1947. Set of four different stamps. PATN 1983.05.01

16 Nine First Day of Issue covers for Patton Stamp (Scott Catalog #1026)

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a. Cachet Craft Envelope PATN 1928.01.00 b. C. Stephen Anderson Envelope PATN 1928.02.00 c. Artmaster Envelope PATN 1928.03.00 d. Cachet Craft Envelope (variant 2) PATN 1928.04.00 e. H F Envelope PATN 1928.05.00 f. Fluegel Covers Envelope PATN 1928.06.00 g. Art Craft Envelope PATN 1928.07.00 h. Art Craft Envelope (second copy) i. Fluegel Covers Envelope (second copy) j. Cachet Craft (variant 2) (second copy)

17 Full sheet of Patton stamp (Scott Catalog #1026 plate #24876) PATN 1903.06.00 18 Full sheet of Patton stamp (Scott Catalog #1026 – selvedge missing) PATN 1982.06.15

19 Patton Prayer Card (originals) 5 copies PATN 1941.69.00 a, b, & c

20 Color Photograph of Patton Gravesite PATN 1905.14.00

21 Seven large envelopes mailed by GEN Patton to Miss Anne W. Patton, San Marino CA in

1945, which contained the chapters of manuscript War As I Knew It, PATN 1982.16.01a-g

22 Mimeograph copy; Chapter I, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN 1982.16.01a

23 Mimeograph copy; Chapter II, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN

1982.16.01b

24 Mimeograph copy; Chapter III, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN 1982.16.01c

25 Mimeograph copy; Chapter IV, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN

1982.16.01d

26 Mimeograph copy; Chapter V & VI, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN 1982.16.01e

27 Mimeograph copy; Chapter VII & VIII, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945

PATN 1982.16.01f

28 Mimeograph copy; Chapter IX, War As I Knew It, GEN George S. Patton, 1945 PATN 1982.16.01g

29 Official Folder Issue Folder from Post Office Department containing full sheet of Patton

stamp (Scott Catalog #1026) Signed by the Postmaster General PATN 1982.06.14

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30 Three B&W photographs of the 1912 Olympic Games

a. Patton going over the hurdles PATN 1927.70.00 b. Patton running out of the stadium PATN 1927.71.00 c. Patton fencing PATN 1927.72.00

31 Round photograph of Beatrice Patton ca1910 PATN 1992.68.05

32 Sheet Music; The Tanker, COL Robert G. Howie, 1942, autographed

33 Collection of Four First Day Covers (Scott’s US #1026)

a. Artcraft Cachet – Plate Block of 4 b. Artcraft Cachet – Block of 4 c. Artcraft Cachet – Block of 4 d. Artcraft Cachet – Block of 4

BOX B R32/7B/(Folder #)

FOLDER

1 Notarized copy of George S. Patton Jr. birth certificate and baptism dated August 31, 1917 and issued by the County of Los Angles PATN 1987.20.13

2 Book; Guest list of the Supper September 26, 1942 given in Washington DC for the

members of the staff of Task Force A. Also includes signatures on October 11, 1942 given for the Western Task Force Staff. Includes signatures of MG Patton and his wife, as well as other notables. PATN 1986.11.04

3 Letter to LTC George S. Patton III from MG E. N. Harmon, November 3, 1964 PATN

1994.01.07

4 Letter to LTC George S. Patton III from GEN Omar Bradley, 15 October 1964 PATN 1994.01.06

5 Photocopied Certificate; French to General Patton ca1944 PATN 1994.01.08

6 Booklet; The Natural System of Vertical Writing, A. F. Newlands & R. K. Row, 1896,

signed at the top by George S. Patton Jr.

7 Miscellaneous Papers PATN 1987.01.94

a. Handwritten letter from MG John P. Lucas, VI Corps Commander to General Gay, August 13, 1943. SUBJ: Concerning DSC award to General Patton. Also DSM award for MG Keyes

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b. Typewritten Memorandum; To Commander in Chief, AFHQ, from Chief of Staff, Seventh Army, SUBJ: Recommendation for Award, 13 August 1943 signed by BG Hobart Gay. Has annotation at bottom that may possibly be from Eisenhower.

8 Miscellaneous Papers

a. Typewritten letter from Marshal Zhukov to General Patton, 21 December 1945 SUBJ: Get well wishes. Signed with translation attached. PATN 1987.29.01

b. Sheet Music; God of Battle, Poem by George S. Patton Jr., Music by Peter De Rose, c 1945

9 Miscellaneous Papers

a. Two prescription for glasses cards, GEN George S. Patton Jr. (one for reading, one for shooting) PATN 1987.47.05 a&b

b. Immunization Records, Medical Department Form 81 (four pages) a-b for General Patton 1942-1945 PATN 1987.47.06

c. Student Pilots License, Department of Commerce Form 340 ACA, MG George S. Patton Jr. issued April 21, 1941 Serial Number 164680 PATN 1987.47.07

d. War Department Officer’s Identification Card, MG George S. Patton Jr., issued December 16, 1941 Serial Number 32200, PATN 1987.47.08

e. Envelope; War Department Official Mail for HQ Fifteenth Army with writing noting contents being eye glass prescription, pilot’s license, N.H. Pass and immunization record

f. N.H. Pass card signed by LTG George S. Patton Jr. Pass No. 4634

10 Miscellaneous Papers PATN 1987.01.95

a. WD A.G.O. Form 0337, Oath of Office, Regular Army, Colonel George S. Patton Jr., 7 December 1939

b. WD A.G.O. Form 649, Leave Record card for MAJ George S. Patton Jr. October 23, 1928

c. Medical Department Form 52, Classification, Hospital record for LTC G.S. Patton Jr., Tank Corps, 26 SEPT 1918 – 22 OCT 1918, for gunshot wound to left thigh

d. Medical Department Form 52, Classification, Hospital record for LTC G.S. Patton Jr., Tank Corps, 22 OCT 1918 – 28 OCT 1918, for gunshot wound to left thigh (2 copies)

11 Original Documentation on Patton Distinguished Service Cross award PATN 1987.01.93

a. Original Typewritten Memorandum; From HQ, First Army, AEF, Office of the Chief of the Tank Corps To Commanding General, First Army, 2 October 1918 SUBJ: Recommendation of LTC G. S. Patton, Tank Corps (signed by BG S. D. Rockenbach)

b. Typewritten 1st endorsement to (a) signed by H.A. Drum, Chief of Staff, First Army c. Typewritten 2nd, 3rd, and 4th endorsements rejecting recommendation (signed by Chief

of Staff A.E.F W. H. Dukes, and then passed back down 16 October – 29 October 1918. Also contains signature of BG Rockenbach

d. Action sheet attached to (a) giving actions taken on the memorandum.

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e. Typewritten standard letter for recommendation of LTC Patton for the Distinguished Service Cross dated for November 1918 from GHQ, Tank Corps

f. Attachments for the recommendation including eyewitness accounts, signed statements, etc. on the action in question. Includes 2nd recommendation dated 20 November 1918.

g. Typewritten Copy; General Order 24, GHQ Tank Corps, AEF, 17 December 1918, SUBJ: Awards of the Distinguished Service Cross

12 Booklet; Saber Exercise 1914, War Department Document 463 PATN 1988.01.02 13 Booklet; In Memoriam, George S. Patton Jr., General U.S. Army, HQ Third Army, 1945

PATN 1909.95.00 (plus extra copy)

14 B&W Photographs: Sereno Brett Collection – Tank Corps at Franklin Cantonment, Camp Meade MD, 1919-1923, Photographs by Tenschert & Flack of Washington DC, PATN 1986.35.00

a. Captain Sereno E. Brett, Commanding 16th Tank Battalion, c1920 b. Tank Park, Company B, Sixteenth Tank Battalion, with label on the reverse: Franklin

Cantonment at Camp Mead MD. Location of the 16th Light Tank Bn. 17th and 18th Heavy Tank Bn’s 1919 to 1923, The Battalions were the “Parent” units of all Armored Units later, c1920

c. Non-Commissioned Quarters, with label on the reverse: Family quarters at Franklin Cantonment, part of Camp Mead Maryland. Location of the Army Tank School, 1919-1923, c1920

d. Quarters of Sixteenth Tank Battalion, with label on the reverse: Franklin Cantonment at Camp Mead MD. Location of the 16th Light Tank Bn. 17th and 18th Heavy Tank Bn’s 1919 to 1923, The Battalions were the “Parent” units of all Armored Units later, c1920

e. Obstacle Driving, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, a part of Camp Mead MD 1920, Richard A. Jones, Colonel, US Army Ret., c1920

f. Obstacle Driving, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, a part of Camp Mead MD 1920, Renault Tank, 16th Tank Battalion, Richard A. Jones, Colonel, US Army Ret., c1920

g. Light Tank Negotiating a Forest with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, (part of Camp Mead MD ) 1920 or 1921 c1920

h. Light Tank Breaking Tree with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, a part of Camp Mead MD, 1920 Renault Tank 16th Tank Battalion, Richard A. Jones, Colonel US Army, Ret. c1920

i. Light Tank Capcised, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, a part of Camp Mead MD, 1920 Renault Tank 16th Tank Bn

j. Salvaging Capcised Tank, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School, at Franklin Cantonment, (part of Camp Mead MD), Date 1920 or 1921, c1920

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k. Light Tank Hitting Land Mine, with label on reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, Camp Mead MD, 1920, Captain “Jimmey” Britt was driving the lead tank. Richard A. Jones, Colonel US Army Ret., c1920

l. Light Tank after Mine Explosion, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, part of Camp Mead MD, Location of the Army Tank School, 1920. Captain Jimmey Brett and Lieut. Richard Wheeler, driver of the tank, c1920

m. Light Tank Mine Crater, with label on the reverse: Demonstration at the Tank School. Franklin Cantonment, (part of Camp Mead ) 1920 or 1921, c1920

BOX C (Box 3)

FOLDER

1 Book; Biennial Report, The Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War, July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1945, Leather Bound and inscribed to General George S. Patton, CG, Third Army. George C. Marshall calling card attached inside.

BOX D (Box 4)

FOLDER

1 Mimeograph booklet; Notes on Tactics and Techniques of Desert Warfare (Provisional), George S. Patton Jr. MG, Commanding Desert Training Center, July 30,1942

2 Mimeographed handout; Notes on Addressing Troops under My Command (undated)

c1943

3 Mimeographed Speech; Soldiers of the 7th American Army, (at Sea) Commanding General, Seventh Army June 27, 1943, prior to Sicily Invasion

4 Mimeographed Copy; General Order #70, 3 August 1943, (Award of Medals), HQ, North

African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army

5 Mimeographed Copy; General Order #5, HQ Seventh Army, 12 August 1943, Accounts of Battlefield Gallantry based on Citations in General Orders, , (3 copies)

6 Mimeographed Handout; Notes on Military Operations from November 8, 42 to August

17, 1943 (2 copies)

7 Mimeographed Memorandum, HQ Third U.S. Army, SUBJ: Letter of Instruction No. 1 (Principles of Command Administration) 6 March 1944

8 Mimeographed Memorandum, AG 370.2 – TO(GNMCS), HQ Third U.S. Army, SUBJ:

The Employment of Tank Destroyer Units, 17 April 1944 (two copies)

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9 Mimeographed Memorandum, AG 381 – GNMCG, To All Officers and Enlisted Men of My Command, HQ Third U.S. Army, 19 May 1944 (on the need to fight all the way to Berlin)

10 Mimeographed Memorandum, HQ Third U.S. Army, May 20, 1944, SUBJ: Letter of

Instruction No. 3 (Use of Armored Divisions) (4 copies)

11 Mimeographed Memorandum, AG 091, HQ Third U.S. Army, 12 December 1944, SUBJ: Relations with the German People

12 Mimeographed Copy; General Order No. 1, HQ Third U.S. Army, 1 Jan 1945

(Congratulations to Third Army and XIX Tactical Air Command)

13 Mimeographed Handout; Notes on Bastogne Operation, HQ Third U.S. Army, January 16, 1945 w/maps (2 copies)

14 Mimeographed Memorandum, AG 370.2 – GMMCC, HQ Third U.S. Army, 3 March

1945, SUBJ: Tank-Infantry Operations

15 Mimeographed Copy, General Order No. 98, HQ Third U.S. Army, 9 May 1945, SUBJ: Soldiers of the Third Army, Past and Present (5 copies)

16 Mimeographed Copy, Circular No. 72, HQ Third U.S. Army, 6 June 1945, (Regulations

concerning Combat Soldiers)

17 Mimeographed Report, Hauser's Personal Experiences, Final Interrogation Report, Ref. No. SAIC/FIR/6, Seventh Army Interrogation Center, 9 July 1945 (3 copies)

18 Mimeographed Copy; Circular No. 88, HQ Third U.S. Army, July 10, 1945, Uniform

Regulations

19 Mimeographed Letter of Thanks to the Troops of 3rd Army, HQ Third U.S. Army, Aug 20, 1945

20 SGT Edward E. Wood documents

a. Completion Certificate for AEF 302nd Center Tank School and 304th Brigade Tactical

School signed by COL George S. Patton Jr. 7 January 1919. b. Hand written letter from J. E. Wilson to Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry

Regiment 11 March 1908. Thank you letter for help while in the service c. Hand written instructions on how a new 2nd LT reports to his new unit. Date unknown. d. Type written appointment letter for SGT Edward E. Wood signed 23 February 1919 by

COL G. S. Patton Jr.

21 Printed Sheet Music; God of Battles, Poem by George S. Patton Jr. LTG, Music setting by Peter De Rose, Robbins Music Co. c1944

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22 Collection of nine military cartoons by SGT Hudson, Summer- Winter 1944

23 Map Folder; European Road Map Series, A.M.S. 6303, FRANCE, 1:100000, Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, Washington DC, 1944 Patton's Personal copy

24 Miscellaneous Papers (copies) WWII with cover letter from MG George S. Patton III

a. Photocopy; First Battalion, First Armored Regiment’s Participation in the Beginning of

the North African Campaign, HQ 1/1 Armor Regiment, 31 December 1942 b. Photocopy; Annex #1 to Letter Movement Order, 5 July 1944, HQ Third U.S. Army, 7

July 1944 with map c. Calling Card; USMA, for George S. Patton Jr. (c1909) d. Army Field Message; “#2, in front of St. Bueait, date circa 1943 e. Mimeograph Copy; General Orders No. 98, Soldiers of the Third Army, Past and Present,

HQ Third U.S. Army, 9 May 1945 f. Mimeographed Memorandum; AG 330.13, HQ Third U.S. Army, 9 May 1945, SUBJ:

Commendation, g. Mimeographed Copy; General Order No. 18, Soldiers of the Seventh Army, HQ Seventh

Army, 22 August 1943

25 Photograph; General Truscott and General G. S. Patton Jr., 1945, 7CTA-414/AE77, Audio Visual Support Element, Augsburg Detachment Photo Lab. With cover letter from MG George S. Patton III

26 Miscellaneous papers World War I

a. Typewritten Sheet; S.O. 114, HQ 311th Center, Tank Corps, AEF, 21 August 1918,

SUBJ: Change in Assignment of Officers b. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Chief of

Staff, V Corps, September 2, 1918, SUBJ: Revised Memorandum on Plan for Use of Tanks

c. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Chief of Staff, IV Corps, 5 September 1918, SUBJ: Memorandum on Plan for the Use of Tanks

d. Mimeograph Copy; Field Order No. 1, HQ 1st Tank Brigade, 9 September 1918 (attack orders for the battle of St. Mihiel)

e. Flimsy Copy; Field Orders No. 1, HQ 326th Battalion, Tank Corps, 10 September 1918, (Attack orders for the battle of St. Mihiel)

f. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Chief of Staff, V Corps, 28 August 1918, SUBJ: Plan for the Use of Tanks (with handwritten notes and corrections by COL G.S. Patton Jr. and signed in pencil)

g. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Chief of Staff, 42nd Division, September 7, 1918, SUBJ: Memorandum on Plan for the Use of Tanks

h. Mimeograph Copy; Field Order No. 1, HQ 1st Tank Brigade, 9 September 1918, (Attack orders for the battle of St. Mihiel) with notes in pencil by COL G. S. Patton Jr.

i. Mimeograph Copy; Annex to Field Order No. 1, HQ 1st Tank Brigade, 10 September 1918, SUBJ: Arrangements at Departure Position

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j. As above – 2nd copy k. Typewritten sheet; Field Order No. 2, HQ 1st Tank Brigade, 11 September 1918,

(Additional information for the battle of St. Mihiel) l. Flimsy Copy; Memorandum From Commanding Officer, 1st Brigade, Tank Corps, To

C.T.C. (Commander, Tank Corps), 16 September 1918, SUBJ: Memo on Proposed Operation (with handwritten notes by COL Patton in pencil) (dealing with the Argonne Offensive)

m. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Commanding General, IV Corps (through CG Tank Corps) 18 September 1918, SUBJ: Report on Operations of September 12-13-14, (signed in pencil with a short note by COL Patton)

27 Miscellaneous Papers World War I

a. Mimeograph Copy; Field Orders No. 57, HQ First Army Corps AEF, 22 September 1918

(Orders for Argonne Offensive) with handwritten note by COL Patton and signed by M.H. Knowles

b. Typewritten Memorandum; From Commanding Officer, 1st Tank Brigade, To Chief of Staff, I Corps, September 21, 1918, SUBJ: Memorandum on Plan for the Use of Tanks

c. Pamphlet; General Orders No. 133, War Department, December 16, 1918, Award of the Distinguished Service Cross

d. Pamphlet; General Orders No. 103, War Department, August 16, 1919, Award of the Distinguished Service Medal

e. Mimeograph Copy; Field Orders No. 2, HQ 1st Tank Brigade, September 24, 1918 (Orders for the attack in the Argonne) with hand written notation in pencil by COL Patton

f. Mimeograph Copy; Field Orders No. 41, HQ 28th Division, 24 September 1918 (orders for the attack in the Argonne) with hand written notation in pencil by COL Patton. Complete with annexes.

g. Mimeograph Copy; Field Orders No. 44, HQ 35th Division, 24 September 1918 (orders for the attack in the Argonne) with annex 1 from 60th Field Artillery Brigade

h. Photocopy sheet; Extract from “Instructions to Commanding Officers of Troops Aboard Ship”, Troops Officer, Steamship “Patricia”, March 3, 1919

28 Miscellaneous Photocopied Patton Speeches: a. Thoughts on Leadership, MAJ G. S. Patton Jr. ca1922 b. Lecture on Cavalry Patrol, given to the officers of 3rd Cavalry, January 3, 1922 c. The Cavalryman, MAJ G. S. Patton Jr. 3rd Cavalry, ca 1922 (2 copies) d. Editorial in Boston Journal, September 12, 1924

29 Miscellaneous Booklets

a. Ground Identification of Armoured Vehicles, Allied Force Headquarters, ca1941 b. FM 30-42, Basic Field Manual, Military Intelligence, Identification of Foreign Armored

Vehicles, German Japanese, Russian, and Italian, Govt. Printing Office, October 3, 1942

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c. FM 30-40, Basic Field Manual, Military Intelligence, Identification of United States Armored Vehicles, Govt. Printing Office, January 9, 1943

d. Exhibition of Medals and Citations awarded to Gen. George S. Patton Jr., First National Bank of Boston, ca1946

30 Sheet Music, Second to None, Marching song of the II Corps, COL Walter P. Burns &

CWO E. D. Rupert, ca 1943

31 Typewritten letters

32 Booklet; Furlough Banquet – Hotel Astor New York, June 14 1907, USMA Class of 1909, has signatures in pencil at the back including Jacob L. Devers

33 Booklet; Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the Military Academy, USMA,

West Point NY, June 1909, Military Academy Press

34 Booklet; Situation and Operations Report of the First Infantry Division during the Period of its overseas movement, North Africa and Sicilian Campaigns, MG Terry Allen (USA Retired), c 1960

35 Patton Homework papers and other Miscellaneous Papers

BOX E

FOLDER

1. Miscellaneous Papers

a. Photocopied remembrances; Co. C 301st Heavy Tank Corps, SGT Carl Rosenhagen, ca1965

b. Mimeograph Handout; Army General Staff College, American Expeditionary Forces-France, Third Course, Tank Demonstration for Army General Staff College, 16 August 1918

c. Typewritten Poem; The Tank, SGT M. M. Lyle, ca1918 d. Typewritten Song; Tank Song, 1LT C. H. Barnard, ca1918 e. Typewritten flimsy letter; From Chief of Tank Corps, AEF, to Chief of Staff, AEF,

February 2, 1918, SUBJ: Request for promotion for CPT G.S. Patton Jr. f. Mimeographed Memo; Series of memorandums from various unit commanders passed

to the men of the Tank Corps thanking them for their service, September-October 1918 (2 copies)

g. Mimeographed Memo; Series of memorandums from Commander, AEF passed down through various commanders to the men of the Tank Corps thanking them for their service, September 1918 (2 copies)

h. Typewritten letter from Lowell MA to Beatrice Patton, undated but assumed to be late 1918. Contents are an account of Patton’s wounding on 26 SEPT 1918 – given to the correspondent by a SGT Shuerman, Tank Corps.

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i. Flimsy Copy; General Order Number 24, GHQ Tank Corps AEF, 17 December 1918, awarding COL Patton the Distinguished Service Cross.

j. Mimeographed Memo; From GHQ, AEF, Decorations Section TO LTC George S. Patton Jr., SUBJ: Citation for Meritorious Service (DSM), 11 June 1919 (2 copies)

k. Typewritten carbon copy of Memorandum; From CO, 1st Brigade, Tank Corps, 302nd Center TC, To Chief of Tank Corps, AEF, SUBJ: Citation of Members of First Brigade, Tank Corps, for Gallantry, November 3, 1918

l. Typewritten telegram; To Commanding General, Services of Supply from 1st Section, General Staff, March 19, 1918 with hand written comment by Colonel Patton and initials. Concerns requests for men for the Tank Corps

m. Newspaper clipping from the Washington Times, March 4, 1921 announcing COL Patton’s return to Fort Meyer VA

n. Typewritten Lecture; The Tank Platoon in Attack, HQ 304 (1st) Brigade, 10 November 1918, unsigned.

o. Photocopied example letter from Chief of the Tank Corps to ---- dated November 1918 SUBJ: Recommendation for the Distinguished Service Cross, Colonel G. S. Patton Jr. Tank Corps, U.S. Army,

2 Handwritten letter from George S. Patton, San Gabriel CA, to Mrs. G. S. Patton,

Philadelphia PA, dated May 12, 1893 (with original envelope) 3 Two Photographs

a. Photograph of the officers of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Riley KS ca1906 (with

names on reverse b. Photograph of SGT Roy Brown (1880-1929)

4 Magazine; The Cavalry Journal, July 1923 connected with General John K. Herr 5 Photocopy of Letter from LT Patton to Adjutant General US Army, SUBJ: Report on the

Modern Pentathlon, September 19, 1912

6 Booklet; Verses, Beatrice Patton, ca 1930

7 Mimeographed Handout; Nominations Sent to the Senate April 10, 1941, Stephen Early, Secretary to the President (Patton nominated to be Major General)

8 Booklet; Exercises in Panoramic Sketching, (Stencil No. 112) The Cavalry School,

Department of General Instruction, Fort Riley, KS , ca1920

9 Copies of Patton Speeches

a. Booklet; General Patton’s Third Army Speech June 1944, Province Publishing, San Diego, CA ca1980

b. Booklet; Speech of General George S. Patton Jr. to his Third Army on the Eve of the Normandy Invasion, Hope Farm Press, Cornwallville NY, 1963

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c. Booklet; Patton’s Speech to the Third Army, Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, ca 1985

d. Mimeograph Copy; General Patton’s Speech, ca1944 (2 copies) e. Mimeograph Copy; A General Talks to His Army, ca1944 (2 copies)

10 Manuscript; Aerial Photograph Interpretation Guide, G2 Section, HQ Armored Force,

1942, with letter from COL James Crockett, Assistant Chief of Staff, G2, Armored Force to MG George S. Patton asking him to review it.

11 Book; Tentative Technical Manual, Use of Foreign Maps, November 5, 1942, War

Department, Washington DC

12 Photocopied letter and envelope from Patton to Mr. Randall Lange, 16 April 1944

13 Letter from Miss Marthe LeClerc, Bayeux France to Mrs. Patton, 23 May 1914, SUBJ: Tapestry sent to Mrs. Patton

14 Photocopied Letters

a. Letter from LTG Patton to Admiral Davidson, CTF-88, SUBJ: Letter of Appreciation

for work during invasion of North Africa, 19 August 1943 (with cover letter dated 1972)

b. Letter from Headquarters, Fifteenth Army, SUBJ: Certificate of Clearance of Blame for PFC Horace Woodring, 7 January 1946

15 Letter from BG James O’Neill to MAJ Kenneth Cole, U.S. Army Armor School, SUBJ:

Patton’s Prayer, 9 December 1963 16 Typewritten Sheets; Transcript of article from Knoxville News Sentinel, 30 November

1947, Patton’s Prayer Revealed.

17 Newspaper; The Midway Mirror, Volume 7, #231, 18 August 1944

18 Pamphlet; The Order for a Memorial of George Smith Patton Jr., Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Washington DC, 20 January 1946

19 Mimeographed Sheet; Dinner Menu, 2nd Armored Division Mess, 31 May 1942

20 Photocopied transcription of letter from LTG George S. Patton to his son, Cadet G.S.

Patton IV, 6 June 1944

21 Mimeographed Memorandum; Training Memo #1, HQ 2nd Armored Brigade, SUBJ: My Observations at the Maneuvers in Georgia and Louisiana…., 30 July 1940

22 Miscellaneous Philatelic materials:

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a. 1st Day Canceled Envelope- Patton Stamp, Fort Knox KY 11 November 1953, Artmaster Cachet

b. 1st Day Canceled paper with all four values of the Luxembourg Patton commemorative, 24 October 1947

c. Patton Remembrance Day in Luxembourg envelope and stamp, 11 June 1961

BOX F-1 FOLDER

1 Photocopied Report; Report on the Organization of the Armored Division, Study Number 4, The General Board, United States Forces, European Theater (USFET), 7 November 1945, File R320.2/3 (Armd)

2 Mimeographed Pages; Dachau and Its Liberation, BG Felix Sparks (USA Ret), 157th

Infantry Association, ca1984

3 Mimeographed Papers; After Action Report, 3rd Cavalry Group (Mecz), 9 August 1944 - 9 May 1945, HQ 3rd Cavalry Group, May 1945

4 Book; We Followed Patton, 652nd Engineer Topographic Battalion, printed by 652nd

Engineer (Topographic) Battalion, 1945

5 Book; The Victory Division in Europe, Story of the Fifth Armored Division, Engelhard-Reyhersche Hofbuchdruckererei, Gotha Germany, 1945

6 Booklet; Terrify and Destroy, the Story of the 10th Armored Division, Army Service

Forces, 1945

7 Materials dealing with 99th Infantry Division

a. Typewritten thank you from MG Walter E. Lauer to General Patton (Signed) May 1945

b. Booklet; Battle Babies, the Story of the 99th Infantry Division, Army Service Forces, 1945

c. Typewritten History; Narrative of the 99th Division, HQ 99th Division, ca1945

8 Map; Campaigns of the 9th Armored Division in Western Europe, S-2, 9th Armored Division, 1945

9 Certificate of Honorary Membership, 86th Fighter Group, to George S. Patton Jr.,

ca1945

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10 Booklet; Organization Day, Third Anniversary XX Corps, September 5, 1945, printed Joh. Rother SEL. Ww. Munich, 1945

11 Map Booklet; 16th Cavalry Group, Trowbridge to Berlin, HQ 16th Cavalry Group, 1945,

signed to General Patton from the officers and men of the Group, 6 August 1945

12 Booklet; Historical’s History, Twentieth Armored Infantry Battalion, Tenth Armored (Tiger) Division, HQ 20th AIB, printed in Schongau Bavaria by Karl Motz & Co., 1945

13 Map; Battle Route of the 183rd FA Group, printed by 673rd Engineers, 1945

14 Letter to General Patton from MAJ Charles A. Ellis, Commanding 91st Reconnaissance

Squadron, 24 October 1943, SUBJ: Merry Christmas

15 Printed Report; Operational Summaries, 1 August 1944 – 9 May 1945, G-3 Third Army with map.

16 Mimeograph Report; G2 Periodic Report No. 333, G-2, Third Army, 8 May 1945,

SUBJ: Victory

17 Book; Historical Material, Intelligence School Series (Army-1) G-2 Plan Third U.S. Army Outline Plan, Operation Overlord, The Cavalry School, Fort Riley KS, July 1946

18 Booklet; Third U. S. Army Headquarters, The “Kaserne” at Bad Tolz, Signal Section,

Third Army, Signed to G.S. Patton from --- Hayes, ca1945

19 Two Photographs

a. B&W Shot; USMA Dedication of the Patton Statue, 1949 b. B&W Shot; Dismounted Review of 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meyer VA ca1938

20 Booklet; Americka Armada V Plzni, Zapadoceske Muzeum, Pilsen Czech Republic,

1990

21 Patton Material

a. Original handwritten message and transcribed official message form by General Patton in Sicily. SUBJ: Supporting COL Darby near Gela Sicily

b. Single page of hand written doodles by General Patton, April 1944

22 Miscellaneous Materials

a. B&W Print of Patton urinating in the Rhine River b. Typewritten copy; Training Memorandum Number 30, Allied Force Headquarters, 5

April 1943, SUBJ: Training Notes c. Printed Handout; General George S. “Blood & Guts” Patton’s Pre-invasion Speech to

His Men in the U.S. Third Army, unknown – no date

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d. Typewritten flimsy; Speech Delivered by General Patton to His Troops on the Eve of the Invasion of France, unknown – no date

23 Cassette Tape – Woody Woodring conversations about GEN Patton ca1987

BOX F-2 ITEM

1 Photograph Album; Patton Family photographs taken circa 1896-1900 PATN 86.32.01

2 Book; Come Out Fighting, 761st Tank Battalion, 1946, with letters signed by author and commanding officer of the unit

3 Citation; to LTC George S. Patton for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous

services commanding the Tank Center Army Schools, France, signed by GEN John J. Pershing, 19 April 1919 (with typed flimsy – General Orders 62, HQ 1st Division, November 18, 1919 attached)

4 Wedding Card; Miss Patton, signed in pencil on reverse with a number of names

including George S. Patton Jr. and Mrs. Patton, PATN 1986.32.04

5 Printed folder; General George S. Patton Jr. Memorial Center, San Gabriel, California, c1968 PATN 1986.32.05

BOX F-3 PATN 1987.27.00 a-d

ITEM

1 Etching scroll conferring honorary citizenship of the city of Fontainbleu France on General George S. Patton Jr., 1945, signed by the Mayor

2 Scroll; Hand painted scroll conferring honorary citizenship of the city of Chartres France

on General George S. Patton Jr., 1945, signed by the Mayor and the artist Gabriel Loire 3 Scroll; Hand painted scroll conferring honorary citizenship of the city of Mans, France on

General George S. Patton Jr., 28 October 1945, signed by the Mayor and the artist R. Chelet

4 Scroll; Hand painted with calligraphy. Manifestation Franco-Americain, 26 Nov. 1950

5 Scroll; Photo printed scroll (B&W) commemorating the passage of the American Armies

through France, with original signatures. October 1946

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BOX G FOLDER

1 Wood and Leather Bound Typewritten Manuscript; General Survey 1945 / 1946, CIE 74, Ludwigsburg Germany, 1946 (Civilian Internment Encampment No. 74)

MAP COLLECTION UMP 3/

Item

1 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheets 6606 Saarlautern and 6609 Ludweiller-Warndt, glued together along one edge

2 Folded map set for Sicily marked Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. on the front cover

3 GSGS 4480, German 1:20000, 942nd Engineer Aviation (Topo) Bn., Nov 1944, Town

Plan of Krefeld-Uerdingen

4 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4605, Krefeld

5 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4605, Krefeld, with Defense Overlay created by APID Ninth Army, 31 January 1945

6 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4312, Hamm,

marked with red grease pencil on the reverse

7 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4506, Duisburg

8 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4606,

Kaiserwerth, with Defense Overlay created by APID Ninth Army, 28 January 1945

9 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 4313, Rhynern

10 GSGS 4414, Germany, 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944 Sheet 6606,

Saarlautern, with grease pencil markings for 95th Division actions in the area.

11 GSGS 4414, Germany 1:25000, 2nd Edition AEF, War Office, 1944, Sheet 6706, Ludweiller-Warndt, with grease pencil markings for 95th Division actions in the area

12 GSGS 4507, Germany 1:50000, War Office, 1944, Krefeldverdingen

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13 GSGS 4416, Central Europe 1:100000, War Office, 1944, Sheet Q1, Essen, with pen markings on front and blue grease pencil on the back.

14 GSGS 4416 Central Europe 1:100000, Army Map Service, 1944, Sheets T3, Frankfurt

and T4 Wurzburg, glued together at the side with an overlay marked 4th AD Overlay of TF Baum March 27th - April 6th, with ink written notations.

15 Folding Map – multiple sheets for Central Europe – scale ? 1:250000