Manuscript/Mixed Material George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 (2 of 2)
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Image 1 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... GEORGE S PATTON DIARIES Annotated transcripts Feb 10July 31 1944 BOX 3 FOLDER 6 2 of 2 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowdlocgov- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 2 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 3 1944 contd p 2 said he had stepped out I said I just heard his voice and will either speak to him now or call General Eisenhower and report the...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 3 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 5 1944 contd p 2 not see except to save the face of the little monkey Six Flying Dutchmen hit near 22 Mount Street between 545 PM and 800 PM all...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 4 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July6 1944 Took off for France at 1025 almost a year to the minute from the time we left Algiers for Sicily Landed back of Omaha beach at 1125 We had three...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 5 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 6 1944 contd p 2 where to put their battalions I told him this but he does not agree Bradley is required by 21st Army Group to show the positions of...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 6 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July7 1944 contd p 2 there he was decorating some American soldiers and officers with DSOs and MCs It looked like a movie being filmed A loudspeaker on a pole was held...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 7 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 7 1944 contd p 3 Eddy of the 9th in Africa the army would have lost a potential corps commander Gay said that he read somewhere that when Napoleon was asked...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 8 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 9 1944 Went to Mass at 0900 quite impressive in an orchard with the rear of a peep for the Altar All the men had their rifles with them while overhead...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 9 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 9 1944 contd p 2 team of a battalion of infantry a platoon of tanks a platoon of self propelled tank destroyers and some engineers two such units with normal artillery...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 10 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 12 1944 contd p 2 exercised overthe confusion on the beaches and the utter lack of organization on both sides of the channel and rightly so as it is the result...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 11 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 13 1944 contd p 2 the formation of an American Army Group as that may cost him his job I hope it does Saw hundreds of men of the First Army...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 12 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 14 1944 contd p 2 Brad says he will put me in as soon as he can He could do it now with much benefit to himself if he had any...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 13 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 16 1944 contd p 2 and I visited the German defenses of Cherbourg In fact these are only for the purpose of defending the rear of the gun positions emplaced to...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 14 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 17 1944 contd p 2 I got back to headquarters at 2130 and Bradley called up to say that Colonel CC Blakeney Third Army Psychological Warfare and Public Relations Officer had...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 15 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 18 1944 Went up in an L5 and looked over the German defenses of Cherbourg I noticed that whenever trees or hedges have been cut or burned it is probably a...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 16 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 20 1944 Visited the VIII Corps found Haislip there also all three Division Commanding Generals getting ready for an attack in the morning Went to see the 4th Armored They were...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 17 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 21 1944 Rained and blew all day Mr Harvey Gibson Commissioner of the American Red Cross Marian Hall and another Red Cross person came to dinner Mr Gibson is quite a...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 18 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 22 1944 contd p 2 Fear of a flank attack is an obsession As long as you are in depth there is no danger and in this congested country you have...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 19 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 23 1944 contd p 2 Generals knew less tactics they would interfere less A battalion of the 90th Division behaved very shamefully today either running away or surrendering I talked this...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 20 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 25 1944 contd p 2 consisting of the 79th Infantry 8th Infantry and 6th Armored Divisions on the right and the XV Corps consisting of the 5th Infantry 35th Infantry and...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 21 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 25 1944 contd p 3 Paddys death occurred while he was moving ahead of one of his battalions The battalion had not done too well and had stopped He went up...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 22 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 25 1944 contd p 4 Cobra is on this morning 1800 bombers attacked in about an 8 square mile area and many flew over us but some Germans must have survived...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 23 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 27 1944 I am convinced that General Pink Bull 1 who was here last night as well as Leven Allen 2 and Kean 3 Keene are very anxious to get the...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 24 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 28 1944 contd p 2 war May get in it yet July 29 1944 All correspondents were in at 1000 to be briefed I told them not to take notes and...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 25 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 29 1944 contd p 2 directed the Division to advance and cross the river The fact that the bridge was out didnt matter as the river was not over a foot...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 26 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 30 1944 contd p 2 The thing to do is to rush them off their feet before they get set Brad and I flew back over the scene of the bombing...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 27 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... July 31 1944 contd p 2 arrived In about thirty minutes I talked them into releasing the 2nd and 15th Cavalry Regiments which have been doing guard duty on the line of...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 28 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 1944 NOTES ON FRANCE We left England at 1025 on July 6 exactly to the minute a year from the day from the time we left Algiers on the MONROVIA in the...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 29 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 2 Another thing which was very impressive on the beaches was the strong character of the defense works and the fact that these powerful works had been taken by American infantry I...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 30 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 3 During the initial stages of the fight in the CHERBOURG PENINSULA the bridge used to be shelled so now whenever anyone approaches it he is told by numerous MPs that the...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 31 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 4 Apparently the system was to lay out these launching sights then camouflage them very meticulously then when they were to be used the whole thing including the doodle bugs the launching...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 32 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 5 I also noticed that two or three 500lb bombs striking at or near our tank trench makes a good passage for tanks The waterfront of the Cherbourg Harbor was much less...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 33 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 6 Of course there was an are of about eight square miles cover by craters but the closeness of the shell craters was not anywhere near as great as it was after...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 34 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 7 I hope that after this war we will not again become victims of those starryeyed individuals who believe or pretend to believe that wars will not continue to rage and therefore...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 35 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 8 An officer remarked to me the other day that he could not get over the fact that in spite of war and destruction nature still produced its crops its flowers and...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10
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Image 36 of George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 1943-1945; 1944, Feb. 10-July 31 ... 9 In a lighter vein I am always interested in the mental processes of the railroad crossing guards who sit at their tasks along railroads which have certainly not run for 60...- Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
- Date: 1944-02-10