GENS PATTON AND DOOLITTLE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Part 1

Description

Summary: MSs, Gen George S Patton speaking at stadium rally bays in part..."You who have not seen do not know what Hell looks like from the top. That is what Germany looks like, what Austria looks like" etc. The general refers to his plane trip over the demolished countrie of Europe. He continues and says in part..."We have kept from America, so far, the horrors of war... This war is only half won. You must finish the rest of it... Goddammit it's no fun to say to someone that you love, "Go out and get killed"... This war is only half won," he repeats. "By God you cannot, you will not be unfaithful to the men who have died and those who have been wounded...".

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities