PATTON, GEORGE SMITH Lieutenant General . Autograph letter signed ("G S Patton Jr.") as Lieutenant Colonel, to his mother, n.p. [France], 14 July 1918. 1 1/2 pages, folio . Fine. [ With :] Original envelope addressed in Patton's hand, including return address, an "Officers Letter," and an additional signature beneath censor's circular hand-stamp. PATTON ON THE "VITAL NECESSITY OF TANKS...EVERY ONE THINKS THEM MORE OR LESS A JOKE" A chatty letter during the last months of World War I, mentioning Eddie Rickenbacker and commenting on the potential of tanks: "Here is another french party at hand. It is quite different from the last one and we are much more important than we were then. Last night we gave a reception to the French officers and most every one got drunk. I did not so had a stupid time. Harding Polk was there and the more he drank the more fluent he became. [W]hen I left at 10:30 he had the floor and was full of emotion and friendly feelings. I am getting to be a professional lecturer and have to give two lectures next week...to the Staff College...and do what I can to properly impress people with the vital necessity of Tanks. It is rather a difficult job as every one thinks them more or less a joke. Col. [Edward] Rickenbacker just got to be a general yesterday in company with about fifty others..."
PATTON, GEORGE SMITH Lieutenant General . Autograph letter signed ("G S Patton Jr.") as Lieutenant Colonel, to his mother, n.p. [France], 14 July 1918. 1 1/2 pages, folio . Fine. [ With :] Original envelope addressed in Patton's hand, including return address, an "Officers Letter," and an additional signature beneath censor's circular hand-stamp. PATTON ON THE "VITAL NECESSITY OF TANKS...EVERY ONE THINKS THEM MORE OR LESS A JOKE" A chatty letter during the last months of World War I, mentioning Eddie Rickenbacker and commenting on the potential of tanks: "Here is another french party at hand. It is quite different from the last one and we are much more important than we were then. Last night we gave a reception to the French officers and most every one got drunk. I did not so had a stupid time. Harding Polk was there and the more he drank the more fluent he became. [W]hen I left at 10:30 he had the floor and was full of emotion and friendly feelings. I am getting to be a professional lecturer and have to give two lectures next week...to the Staff College...and do what I can to properly impress people with the vital necessity of Tanks. It is rather a difficult job as every one thinks them more or less a joke. Col. [Edward] Rickenbacker just got to be a general yesterday in company with about fifty others..."
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