ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL#1360 (addition)
DATES: 1998 and undated
SIZE : 1 folder
ACQUISITION: This addition to the George S. Patton Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Colonel and Mrs. William A. Brant, Austin, Texas, on July 28, 1998 (Acc.#98-2235).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
This addition to the George S. Patton Papers consists of a six page essay entitled "Lieutenant Meets General George S. Patton, Jr." The essay was written by Col. William A. Brant (Ret). The essay recounts a testy meeting between Patton and (then lieutenant) Brant at a traffic jam near Caltanissetta, Sicily, on July 16, 1943. Brant was attempting to clear traffic in order to move a large gun and truck through a small fence opening off the main road. Patton told him in no uncertain terms to "get that [expletive] gun off the road." Patton then roared off in his jeep. It was the only time that Brant and Patton met.
Also included is a July 1998 letter from Kathryn Brant to Sandy Slater, Head of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Following graduation from UND in 1942, Brant volunteered for the Red Cross in India.
Box 4
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| Original Donation | First Addition: 1998 and undated |
| Second Addition: 1944-1947, 1997 | Third Addition: undated |
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