Records of the U.S. Coast Guard. 1785 - 2005. General Correspondence. 1910 - 1953. Testimony of Beatrice Ayer Patton

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Records of the U.S. Coast Guard. 1785 - 2005. General Correspondence. 1910 - 1953. Testimony of Beatrice Ayer Patton

1925

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In this testimony, Beatrice Ayer Patton, wife of Major George S. Patton, Jr. recounts how Major Patton rescued three boys from a sinking boat.

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known ...