This original picture was taken in August 1944 in front of Patton HQ Van. Pictured left to right are: Major General Hugh Gaffey, Chief of Staff, Gen Patton and Intelligence Officer Major M.C. Helfers. "Deo Vindice" texag57

Council of War

japanese soldier

To communicate on radio, phone or on paper, the troups in the field used this leatherbound "book". syllabes or even words to be found in the orange squares were replaced in a text by their number in the square plus the coordinates of their orange square given on the sliding borads left and upper sides. Both these slides were drawn in a different and preagreed position each day.