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[General George Patton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06760.23 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1944 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 9 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Patton standing beside his war map mobile caravan "which went over D. Day and through all the fighting." Taken at Pecver[?] Hall, Cheshire, where Gen P [commanded] the 3rd U.S. Army.

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

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