Leading U.S. Army general in World War II. In his 36-year Army career, he was an advocate of armored warfare and commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. Many have viewed Patton as a pure and ferocious warrior, known by his nickname “Old Blood and Guts,” a name given to him after a reporter misquoted his statement that it takes blood and brains to win a war. Ink signature, “G. S. Patton, Jr.,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1 slip. Suede matted with a glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Patton, a 1970 ALS from Charles H. Kuhl, the soldier Patton slapped in a hospital in Palermo in 1943, and a clipped obituary of Kuhl’s, to an overall size of 24 x 20.25. In fine condition. R&R COA. Oversized.
