PATTON'S SIMPLE GRAVE
LONDON, December 24,
General Patton was buried this morning at the United States army cemetery at Hamm. British. French, Russian, Dutch, Belgian, Yugoslav, Italian, and Czechoslovakian representatives were in the cortege which wound through crowded, rain-soaked streets to the cemetery, where Prince Felix of Luxemburg and his Cabinet joined them. Mrs. Patton accompanied the procession and stood by the graveside during the military ceremony. The "Daily Mail" says the inscription, "George Patton, Junior," painted on a plain wooden cross, which was fashioned by a soldier carpenter, will stand at the head of General Patton s grave, which was dug by a German prisoner of war. ft lies undistinguished among long lines of similar graveg and crosses.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 152, 26 December 1945, Page 5
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