Philip M. Prieto papers, 1943-1945.

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Philip M. Prieto papers, 1943-1945.

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Consists of some of the personal papers of Dr. Philip M. Prieto, a captain in the United States Army during World War II. Materials include photographs and photocopies of typewritten manuscripts. The photographs depict various people and places in Europe during World War II, including several shots of dead Russian and Polish prisoners of war near Gardelegen, Germany, in 1945. The typewritten manuscripts include a story about the atrocity that took place near Gardelegen in 1945 as well as a transcript of a 1944 speech given in England by General Patton to several hundred army officers just before the Normandy invasion.

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University of Texas at El Paso

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University of Texas at El Paso

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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 ...

Prieto, Philip M.

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