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- GLC#
- GLC09591.11.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 25, 1945
- Author/Creator
- Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
- Title
- Headquarters XXI Corps
- Place Written
- Germany
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 33.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
- Sub-Era
- World War II
The document is a typed copy of correspondence between Lieutenant General G.S. Patton and Major General Troy H. Middleton. Patton is thanking Middleton for the bravery of his troops at Bastogne and their subsequent movements in the Rhine. Middleton writes back that he is humbled by the honor and has trashing to his officers Patton's words of appreciation.
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