U.S. Army Treasures: The Patton Pistols

U.S. Army Treasures: The Patton Pistols

Author: Charles Lemons

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-06-15

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1304137163

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This is a one of a series of photo books on significant artifacts held by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. This volume covers the pair of pistols used by General George S. Patton Jr. during World War II - the M1873 Colt Peacemaker, and the S&W .357 Magnum. It includes a brief history of each revolver and a number of close up and detail color photographs of each. An added bonus is comparative shots of the two pistols with the two revolvers used during the filming of the movie "PATTON."


Patton and His Pistols

Patton and His Pistols

Author: Perry Parke

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2018-03-28

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0811767388

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Intrigued by hints of “the bigger man” behind the war personality of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the Curator of History of the West Point Museum and a former “Army wife” studied and compared innumerable legends and stories about him. The resulting profile is the unvarnished Patton, as the public saw him and as his friends and soldiers knew him. Based solidly on contemporary sources, many of them never before tapped by historians, Patton’s exploited in Mexico, in France in 1918, and during World War II, are strung together by kernels of truth often more startling than the fiction which has surrounded them. One of America’s most famous and controversial generals is depicted through his attitude toward his famous hand guns and uniforms, and the manner in which he reacted to war and to peace. Four pistols are featured in the book, because four pistols were featured in his ife. Sixteen pages of pertinent illustrations, many published for the first time…including the only known photograph of Patton carrying two pistols…accompany the documented narrative. The pistol expert will find detailed appendixes on General Patton’s favorite weapons and their accouterments. Patton and His Pistols is a book for everyone interested in Patton the leader and Patton the man.


Patton and His Pistols

Patton and His Pistols

Author: Milton F. Perry

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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"Four pistols are featured in the book because four pistols were featured in his life. Sixteen pages of pertinent illustrations, many published for the first time...including the only known photograph of Patton carrying two pistols...accompany the documented narrative. The pistol expert will find detailed appendices on General Patton's favorite weapons and their accoutrements."--Amazon.com.


The Images Uncovered

The Images Uncovered

Author: Denny Hair

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-29

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780692040607

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The last of the volumes in the Patton Hidden in Plain Sight series, this photobook tells the story of the series, featuring many photos revealed for the very first time. The result of thousands of hours of research, this volume covers new information about General George S. Patton Jr., including images from the rare and top-secret Third Army After Action reports, of which many have not been seen since they were first printed in 1945. Many of the images are from General Patton's own collection, the Library of Congress, and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox. Included are rare personal accounts from General Patton's staff with an insider's view of Patton's Third Army headquarters. Readers can follow General Patton, along with his doubts and his triumphs, through The Images Uncovered and the rest of the series, as he leads the famous United States Third Army across Europe.


Patton's Panthers

Patton's Panthers

Author: Charles W. Sasser

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13:

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"Patton's Panthers" tells the fascinating true story of the first African-American armored unit to enter combat for the U.S. Army.


War as I Knew it

War as I Knew it

Author: George Smith Patton

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9780395735299

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The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II First published in 1947, War as I Knew It is an absorbing narrative that draws from Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, covering the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats--including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge--but a valuable chronicle by one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. Patton's letters from earlier military campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerful retrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man of uncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" a household name in mid-century America.


Patton

Patton

Author: Carlo D'Este

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1996-09-27

Total Pages: 1028

ISBN-13: 9780060927622

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Patton: A Genius for War is a full-fledged portrait of an extraordinary American that reveals the complex and contradictory personality that lay behind the swashbuckling and brash facade. According to Publishers Weekly, the result is "a major biography of a major American military figure." "This massive work is biography at its very best. Literate and meaty, incisive and balanced, detailed without being pedantic. Mr. D'Este's Patton takes its rightful place as the definitive biography of this American warrior." --Calvin L. Christman, Dallas Morning News "D'Este tells this story well, and gives us a new understanding of this great and troubled man."-The Wall Street Journal "An instant classic." --Douglas Brinkley, director, Eisenhower Center


Infantry Attacks

Infantry Attacks

Author: Erwin Rommel

Publisher: Greenhill Books

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1784389862

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Legendary German general Erwin Rommel analyzes the tactics that led to his success. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied. In this classic study of the art of war Rommel analyses the tactics that lay behind his success. First published in 1937 it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook, and also brought its author to the attention of Adolph Hitler. Rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in the Second World War. As a leader of a small unit in the First World War, he proved himself an aggressive and versatile commander with a reputation for using the battleground terrain to his own advantage, for gathering intelligence, and for seeking out and exploiting enemy weaknesses. Rommel graphically describes his own achievements, and those of his units, in the swift-moving battles on the Western Front, in the ensuing trench warfare, in the 1917 campaign in Romania, and in the pursuit across the Tagliamento and Piave rivers. This classic account seeks out the basis of his astonishing leadership skills, providing an indispensable guide to the art of war.


The Patton Papers

The Patton Papers

Author: Martin Blumenson

Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13:

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This book carries Patton's story to 1940.