Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It

by Kevin M. Hymel

Book Overview

While researching an article on Gen. George S. Patton, Kevin M. Hymel made an astonishing discovery. Browsing the Library of Congress's Patton index, he found lists of photo albums. Opening one, he found photos Patton himself took during World War II, a gold mine of historical photographs of which even Blumenson, Patton's official biographer, was unaware. Patton photographed everything that interested him and produced tableaux of the battlefields...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574888722
• ISBN13: 9781574888720
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great history thru pictures

Author Kevin Hymel does excellent job writing the history of Patton and these pictures that Patton himself took. We are a fan of Hymel's works after being on one of his Patton Tours in Europe May June 2019.