Box 4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The George S. Patton Papers were brought together by Sereno Elmer Brett, Patton's second in command during World War I. Brett organized and took command of the 345th (327th) Battalion, Tank Corps in June, 1918. In the St. Mihiel Offensive of September, 1918, he led the first American tank attack in World War I, along with the 344th (326th) Battalion. He assumed command of the 304th (1st) Tank Brigade after Patton was wounded in late September, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne...

Scope and Contents The essay was written by Col. William A. Brant (Ret). The essay recounts a testy meeting between Patton and (then lieutenant) Brant at a traffic jam near Caltanissetta, Sicily, on July 16, 1943. Brant was attempting to clear traffic in order to move a large gun and truck through a small fence opening off the main road. Patton told him in no uncertain terms to "get that [expletive] gun off the road." Patton then roared off in his jeep. It was the only time that Brant and Patton met. Also...

Scope and Contents Nuetzman served in the 4th Armored Division in Patton's Third Army during World War II. In the essay's introduction, Nuetzman wrote that he was "attempting to present not a blow-by-blow description of actual combat (although it may have that appearance at times), but a vivid conception to the reader of the emotions that are felt by the average soldier who is waiting to go to the front, of his feelings at night while living in a foxhole, of his intense desire to go home and to live at peace...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The George S. Patton Papers were brought together by Sereno Elmer Brett, Patton's second in command during World War I. Brett organized and took command of the 345th (327th) Battalion, Tank Corps in June, 1918. In the St. Mihiel Offensive of September, 1918, he led the first American tank attack in World War I, along with the 344th (326th) Battalion. He assumed command of the 304th (1st) Tank Brigade after Patton was wounded in late September, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne...

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This folder contains typescript photocopies of twelve of Nuetzman's letters home. Most of the letters were written to his father, Albert F. Nuetzman, Superintendent of Schools in Remer, Minnesota, as well as his sister Jean in Minneapolis. The letters date from 1944-1946.

Scope and Contents This folder contains the published unit history for the 120th Evacuation Hospital. On April 15, 1945, General Patton ordered the hospital to be permanently stationed at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, in order to provide medical assistance for the 120,000 residents of the camp. One member of the 120th was Dr. J.H. Mahoney, who graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1940. After leaving UND, Mahoney graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, with an M.D. degree....