Letters by George S. Patton, 1944-1945.

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Letters by George S. Patton, 1944-1945.

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A small group of letters consisting of two letters by General George S. Patton to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Codman, and one to General Fox Conner, discussing military progress in Europe. The letter to Conner is dated Dec. 17, 1944, and the letters to Codman July 21, 1945 and August 18, 1945. In his letter to General Conner, Patton discusses, in general terms, the launching of the Ardennes Offensive and the opening of what eventually became known as the Battle of Ardennes or the Battle of the Bulge.

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Codman, Charles R.

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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 ...

Conner, Fox, 1874-1951

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...