General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf]

General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf]

Mercer, Fred (Donor)

Mercer, Fred (Photographer)

Content Note: Writing on reverse: "This is when he told us to kill all the SOB [sic], not to capture a one of the bastards." Another jeep is parked in front of the one Patton is standing in. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 113 on the reverse.

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Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)

Patton, George S. (George Smith)

Mercer, Fred

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, cracked, scratches, worn edges, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling, impression from writing on reverse of photo. Reverse of photo: writing.

1 - 1 - 1945

Emory University

Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.

Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.

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Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).

JPG (72 dpi); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.