![PATTON, George. Typed letter signed ("G S Patton Jr.") to Mrs. McNeill, "Headquarters Fifteenth U S Army," 19 November 1945. 1 page, 4to, on Headquarters stationery, browned. [With:] Photo signed ("G S Patton Jr."), n.p., n.d. 3¼ x 4½, taped to the letter. A black and white portrait photo of the General in uniform and battle helmet.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09806_0083_000(034555).jpg?w=1)
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PATTON, George. Typed letter signed ("G S Patton Jr.") to Mrs. McNeill, "Headquarters Fifteenth U S Army," 19 November 1945. 1 page, 4to, on Headquarters stationery, browned. [With:] Photo signed ("G S Patton Jr."), n.p., n.d. 3¼ x 4½, taped to the letter. A black and white portrait photo of the General in uniform and battle helmet.
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PATTON, George. Typed letter signed ("G S Patton Jr.") to Mrs. McNeill, "Headquarters Fifteenth U S Army," 19 November 1945. 1 page, 4to, on Headquarters stationery, browned. [With:] Photo signed ("G S Patton Jr."), n.p., n.d. 3¼ x 4½, taped to the letter. A black and white portrait photo of the General in uniform and battle helmet.
LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE HIS FATAL ACCIDENT, PATTON VOWS THAT "AMERICANS MUST LIVE UP TO THE MOTTO...'DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY'"
An inspiring letter written by the United States commander who earned the nickname "blood and guts" on the battlefield. Here, from his headquarters in Germany, six months after the war in Europe had ended, Patton writes an admirer, evidently the mother of a soldier: "Replying to your letter of 19 October, I am inclosing an autographed photograph." He adds "I am sure one has only to live outside America to realize what a wonderful place America is and how much better it is than any other country in the world. To keep it that way future Americans must live up to the motto of the Military Academy, namely 'Duty, Honor, Country'. I am sure your boy will do this."
On 9 December, the day before he was to return to the U.S., the 60-year-old Patton was fatally injured in a car accident and died on 21 December.
LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE HIS FATAL ACCIDENT, PATTON VOWS THAT "AMERICANS MUST LIVE UP TO THE MOTTO...'DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY'"
An inspiring letter written by the United States commander who earned the nickname "blood and guts" on the battlefield. Here, from his headquarters in Germany, six months after the war in Europe had ended, Patton writes an admirer, evidently the mother of a soldier: "Replying to your letter of 19 October, I am inclosing an autographed photograph." He adds "I am sure one has only to live outside America to realize what a wonderful place America is and how much better it is than any other country in the world. To keep it that way future Americans must live up to the motto of the Military Academy, namely 'Duty, Honor, Country'. I am sure your boy will do this."
On 9 December, the day before he was to return to the U.S., the 60-year-old Patton was fatally injured in a car accident and died on 21 December.