William C. McArthur letters, 1943-1944

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William C. McArthur letters, 1943-1944

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The letters relate to an incident in which General George S. Patton slapped a weeping soldier at a military hospital in Sicily. McArthur was an admirer of Patton and deplored the publicity surrounding the incident. There is one letter from McArthur to Eisenhower and one letter from McArthur to Patton. The collection also contains 5 letters signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (1943-1944) and 5 letters from George S. Patton.

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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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 ...

McArthur, William C. 1860-1950.

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William C. McArthur was a lawyer, politician, and insurance executive. He practiced law in Burlington, Iowa in the 1880s and 1890s. He was elected to the Iowa Legislature as a Republican in 1895. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 1897 and served as the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1902-1923. In 1923, he became the president of the National Travelers Insurance Company in Des Moines. From the description of William C. McArthur lett...