Manuscript/Mixed Material George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2
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Image 1 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 GEORGE S PATTON DIARES Original May 21July 2 1943 BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 2 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 DIARY IV MAY 21 1943 I JULY 2 1943 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 3 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 IV May 2143 to July 2 43 131 Had air alarm much shooting no enemy planes waste of ammunition due to jitters 52243 Under the present arrangement for History We have a…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 4 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 132 glorious accident can give us a run for our money In a study of Form especially in the higher command we are licked Churchill runs this war and at the moment…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 5 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 133 been weaned on Garlic and went home breakfasted on it I nearly choked especially as the lady sat beside me and sang with great fervor Gen Cannon Col Hickey our Air…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 6 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 134 and transparent maps and models 2 then had G2 G3 give their outline Much impressed it seemed that most of what he saw and heard was new to Alex 52543 Took…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 7 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 135 52643 Alex left at 0800 Keyes and I saw him to Nouvion and then went to see Bradley He has put Col Arnold in Command of 20th engrs A mistake Paddy…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 8 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 136 admiral Hewitt and showed him maps Two staff officers from Monty called I told them about 81 mm grapnels and elevated Bangalores Took Boster shots of Typhoid and typhus did not…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 9 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 137 officers I am always annoyed at the stupidity of our officers Gave a couple of pep talks with good effect but none of the lesser generals do it On May 16…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 10 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 138 in authority at A F H Q dont know the facts of battle To them a man is a man utter rank Inspite of the fact that Ike and Wayne have…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 11 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 139 I spent the morning with Gaffey on the water watching 105 S P fire from landing craft the results were very satisfying One short hit quite close to us Previously we…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 12 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 140 followed by Some Hymn that had the same tune as God Save the King Wrote a Memorial Day Order not too good 5 31 43 Went to Oran with Col Muller…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 13 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 141 and can float four M4 Tanks at the same time It could not be constructed under fire of that I am sure While at Oran I called on Gen Larkin of…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 14 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 142 to be present I told him that I was to be there officially on Ikes order During the PM Bradley Terry Allen and I were talking over Huskey and guessing at…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 15 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 143 there would be no need for either Air or mines I think it is an unanswerable Argument If this show was run by one man instead of being guided by three…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 16 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 144 mortar firing the grapnel We met Gen Stillwell and Gen Roosevelt on the road and they accompanied us to the attack on the pillbox Gen M asked to have Gens Harmon…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 17 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 145 and you were right will he make a Corps Commander I said yes Few men in high places will admit a mistake Gen M went a way up with me I…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 18 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 146 fine but even they dont strut enough Gen Orgas Gen Nogues were guests of honor We then drove to a near by field and a whole Bn dropped it was an…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 19 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 147 6543 Hubener Cannon and a couple of British Air Officers came and we argued for hours asto what air ground forces we should take in the assault echelon If we took…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 20 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 148 troops to land on his left instead of his right They cant due to terrain Next he wanted to open fire at 2300 D1 No Then he wanted some SP guns…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 21 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 149 6643 Inspected a Bangalor fired from an 81 mm it has good range but needs an All Way fuse so that no matter how it lights it will explode Went for…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 22 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 150 ground support A number of French officers were present at the demonstration and I had a good chance to practice my French in explaining things to them I got Lucas well…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 23 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 151 Lucas too feels that Ike is just a Saff officer not a soldier too bad When L came over Gen M said to him the situation at AFHQ is not satisfactory…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 24 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 152 for my activity yet realy I cant see any thing I can do except be mentally and physically alert I had Bradley over to talk to Lucas not in my presence…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 25 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 153 it was from the mine Last night I asked Ike to wire and find out if Keyes Gay Truscott and Palton had passed the final exams he was very nice about…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 26 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 154 Lambert had written a letter some time between Nov 42 and Feb 43 in which he had said his Nov letter had been censored but not to worry as His good…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 27 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 155 Ike was doing a little face saving at my expense I agree as I had a letter from Butcher at the time Gen M was supposed to be so angry with…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 28 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 156 A3 of Staatz calling on 82d for shooes with out authority Rooks said we would get them back 61143 Arrived at Tunis at 1030 there were three fields and we landed…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 29 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 157 61343 Sunday Went to church and heard a most incoherent sermon I have the trots Nothing doing 61443 Gens Bradley Keyes and my self drove to the Airfield at Oran where…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 30 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 158 world and they will continue to improve He hemmed a little and said That is what I mean after that he was quite friendly Sir J is not at all like…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 31 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 159 about the Dairreah in this force he was surprised how little we had least in Africa 6151643 Keyes Wedemeyer and I left Nouvian at 1500 in the new C61 Plane the…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
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Image 32 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 160 increase their fighting value After the inspection we went back to the Air Field where Eddy and I got into two Cubs Aronica and flew to his camp in the hills…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 33 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 161 French had won That since 1812 we had competed with the British in rowing shooting running riding and Polo and had always had the better of it Soon we would enter…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 34 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 162 Koch and Maddox go over G2 G3 angles with him I then introduced staff he was interested and made a few remarks but utterly missed hitting a spark We then drove…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 35 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 163 from Fadela The shore parties were also superior and one platoon of tanks got ashore before dawn I was delighted with the whole thing 61943 I owe Sgt WG Meeks pay…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 36 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 164 we had a rehearsal of our meeting at Alger I spoke 6 min Col Koch 4 Col Maddox 3 Col Muller 8 Col Hammond 3 I started to write my order…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 37 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 165 Divine help Frequently I feel that I dont rate it Left Nouvian at 1500 in a T47 with Keyes Harkins Muller Koch Hammond Maddox Tank to attend a High level conference…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 38 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 166 drinks one eats at another place near by I met a little Lt Col who started out by saying that I must loath him as he was a horrible poltroon he…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 39 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 167 say 8000 feet above which our AA would not ingage enemy He was very casual about this but promised to have a go at it I asked for fighter cover for…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21
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Image 40 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Original; 1943, May 21-July 2 168 Double crossed Lunched with Hughes Keyes and Larkin The conference consisted of all the top flight Adms Cunningham and Ramsey Gen Alexander the C of S 8th Army Monty had to…- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1943-05-21