This archive consists of a folio-sized scrapbook of newspaper clippings and press photos of General George S. Patton (1885-1945), kept by Mary Jane Krieger of Harrisburg, PA. Included are eight typed letters to Ms. Krieger signed by General George S. Patton as commanding general of the U.S. 3rd and 15th Armies. Two additional letters are from his private secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch, dated immediately after Patton’s death in January 1946, and June 1946. The seven war-date letters not only include Patton’s signature on the letter, but also an endorsement on the cover as the censor, according to wartime regulations, for a total of fifteen signatures of the general the German Army considered their most dangerous opponent. Ranging from May 17, 1944 to November 8, 1945, Patton thanks Krieger for her cards, letters, and support, addressing her as My Dear Mary Jane. One can imagine what Patton was busy with when writing these letters, such as the one dated less than two days before the start of the Normandy invasions: My dear Mary Jane. Thanks very much for your letter of the 25th. Owing to extreme pre-occupation, I am unable at this time to write you further. Even through his army’s dash across France and into Germany, Patton found time to reply to Krieger’s letters. On January 10, 1946, shortly after Patton’s burial, his personal secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch wrote Mary Jane: Mrs. Patton has asked me to thank you for your cable and many letters addressed to the General during his illness and to tell you that she deeply appreciates your thoughtfulness. I should like to tell you that the General always enjoyed your letters immensely, and was particularly pleased with the book of poems you sent him at Christmas. PS I hope you will like the enclosed poem which has just been sent me from a California paper. [poem Farewell To General Patton by Joseph Auslander attached.] The scrapbook also contains 43pp of newspaper clippings dating from 1943 to 1947 regarding Patton, printed copies of poems Patton wrote (one set to music), a U.S. 3rd Army cloth shoulder patch, and 8 black and white glossy press photographs of Patton spanning from the 1943 invasion of Sicily, to a photo of his flag-draped casket and funeral service. Mary Jane Krieger is noted in the book The Patton Papers (p.813) as the recipient of one of the last letters Patton wrote, the morning before the automobile accident on December 8, 1945 that would lead to his death.
This archive consists of a folio-sized scrapbook of newspaper clippings and press photos of General George S. Patton (1885-1945), kept by Mary Jane Krieger of Harrisburg, PA. Included are eight typed letters to Ms. Krieger signed by General George S. Patton as commanding general of the U.S. 3rd and 15th Armies. Two additional letters are from his private secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch, dated immediately after Patton’s death in January 1946, and June 1946. The seven war-date letters not only include Patton’s signature on the letter, but also an endorsement on the cover as the censor, according to wartime regulations, for a total of fifteen signatures of the general the German Army considered their most dangerous opponent. Ranging from May 17, 1944 to November 8, 1945, Patton thanks Krieger for her cards, letters, and support, addressing her as My Dear Mary Jane. One can imagine what Patton was busy with when writing these letters, such as the one dated less than two days before the start of the Normandy invasions: My dear Mary Jane. Thanks very much for your letter of the 25th. Owing to extreme pre-occupation, I am unable at this time to write you further. Even through his army’s dash across France and into Germany, Patton found time to reply to Krieger’s letters. On January 10, 1946, shortly after Patton’s burial, his personal secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch wrote Mary Jane: Mrs. Patton has asked me to thank you for your cable and many letters addressed to the General during his illness and to tell you that she deeply appreciates your thoughtfulness. I should like to tell you that the General always enjoyed your letters immensely, and was particularly pleased with the book of poems you sent him at Christmas. PS I hope you will like the enclosed poem which has just been sent me from a California paper. [poem Farewell To General Patton by Joseph Auslander attached.] The scrapbook also contains 43pp of newspaper clippings dating from 1943 to 1947 regarding Patton, printed copies of poems Patton wrote (one set to music), a U.S. 3rd Army cloth shoulder patch, and 8 black and white glossy press photographs of Patton spanning from the 1943 invasion of Sicily, to a photo of his flag-draped casket and funeral service. Mary Jane Krieger is noted in the book The Patton Papers (p.813) as the recipient of one of the last letters Patton wrote, the morning before the automobile accident on December 8, 1945 that would lead to his death.
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