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           Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Blumenson, Martin.
     The Patton papers, 1940-1945 / Martin Blumenson; illustrated with photographs and with maps by Samuel H. Bryant.—1st Da Capo Press ed.
        p. cm.
     Originally published in 1974 by Houghton Mifflin as volume 2 of The Patton papers.
     Includes index.
     ISBN-10: 0-306-80717-3    ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80717-6
     eBook ISBN: 9780786749744
     1. Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945. 2. Generals—United States—Biography. 3. World War, 1939-1945—United States. 4. United States. Army—Biography. I. Title.
E745.P3B55    1996
355.3'31'092–dc2096-15251

[B] CIP

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This Da Capo Press paperback edition of The Patton Papers, 1940-1945 is an unabridged republication of the edition first published in Boston in 1974. It is reprinted by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company and the author.

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