“You are my Golden Nugget”
General George S. Patton, Jr., Czechoslovakia, July, 1945
The above painting is a mural in the Massachusetts State is a mural of World War II Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr., of Hamilton, awarding the Silver Star to First Lieutenant Charles L. Smith for Smith’s gallantry in action during the assault on the Siegfried Switch, Tettingen, Germany in January, 1945. The mural is located on the Fourth Floor of the State House across from the House Gallery.
By William A. Foley, Jr. (b.
2003, painted from a photograph
Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 180”
Signed, l.l. W. A. Foley, Jr. / G302 / 94th Div.
Given by the 94th Infantry Division Association under
Dedicated October 20, 2003.
Presented by
Accepted by Governor Mitt Romney.
Plaque, bronze, 22 ½ x 60” Cast 2004 by Matthews International, Pittsburgh. PA. Placed February 2005.
This scene illustrates a scene outside Tettingen, in the Saar-Moselle Triangle, early in the assault on the Switch. At the right is a German pill box at the edge of the Campholz Woods. At the left are Monkey Wrench Woods. Lt. General Patton has stopped en route out of town to congratulate Lt. Smith for bravery after he led his platoon into combat. Maj. General Harry J. Maloney, Commander, looks on.
The full description of the painting and the events can be found here.
1 comment:
My Dad Was in the 301 first shot on about Oct 45 returned somewhere around the bulge first wound most serious e=vac england', around Oct 2nd he is in renenes fr -returns to unit somtime after being of bulge /
ends up wounded again around feb 2 45
if u have any info please contact at rocnole@bellsouth.net There is story about his being saved by his LT? or some on the first wound -patrol someone step on mine - golfball size in right thigh.
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