Typed letter signed “G. S. Patton Jr.,” 1 page, 7.5" x 9.5", on Headquarters, Third United States Army, Office of the Commanding General letterhead, April 6, 1945, to G. B. Root.
In this warm and humorous wartime letter, written just weeks before the Allied victory in Europe, Patton thanks Root for honorary club membership and affectionately remarks on his famous bull terrier: “This is the fourth bullterrier I have had, and I consider them one of the most companionable dogs I know of. At the present moment, Willie is collaborating with a German Dobermann. I trust that he does not get contaminated.”
Patton’s bull terrier “Willie” was his constant companion during the war, widely photographed with him and remembered as a symbol of the general’s fierce loyalty. Letters in which Patton references Willie are highly prized, reflecting a softer and more personal side of “Old Blood and Guts.”
Elegantly matted and framed with two period photographs of Patton with Willie, 19" x 23" overall.
George Patton (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
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