Letter, General George S. Patton, Jr. to FDR's secretary Grace Tully with map of Sicily
Original Exhibition Caption: On July 9, 1943, Allied forces unleashed Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. Three weeks later, George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945), commander of U.S. forces in the operation, forwarded this map to FDR via the President's secretary, Grace Tully....
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HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH ARMY
Office of the Commanding General
APO # 758
c/o Postmaster, N.Y.C.
27 July, 1943
My dear Miss Tully:
Please express to the President my sincere appreciation
for the signed photograph he sent me.
I trust that the activities of the 7th Army have been
satisfactory. I am enclosing a very dirty map which I have been
carrying in my pocket through most of these operations, showing
what we have taken to date.
With respectful regards to the President, and renewed
thanks to you for sending the picture, I am,
Most sincerely,
9 SPattany
G. S. PATTON, JR.,
Lieut. General, U. S. Army,
Commanding.
Miss Grace G. Tully
Private Secretary to the President of the U. S. A.
The White House
Washington, D. C.
U.S.A.
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