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pattor, 10 Rest
In Luxembourg
Soil He Freed
Funeral to Be Held in
Heidelberg Tomorrow;
Body to Lie in State
(Career Photos on Page A-3.)

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By the Associated Press.
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec.
22.-Gen George S. Patton, jr.,
will be buried Monday in Lux
embourg with the Sd Army men
who died a year ago in his cam
paigning in the desperate Battle
of the Bulge.
Funeral arrangements were an
nounced today as American troops
in Europe went into mourning and
flags were moved to half-staff.
Gen. Patton's body will be laid
to rest in an American military
cemetery at Hamm, four miles east
of Luxembourg City, the day before
the first Christmas of the peace he
fought to bring.
.sEpiscopalian funeral services will
be held in this old university town
at the ancient Christ Church of
Heidelberg at pm. % am, ESD,
tomorrow.
The 3rd and 7th Armies, both
commanded by Gen. Patton at diff
ferent stages in the European con-
f1ict, will share responsibility for
the funeral under arrangements an
nounced by Brig. Gen. John M.
Willems.
A funeral train will carry the
body to Luxembourg. The tenta-
tive hour for the burial on Monday
is 10 am.
Body to Lie in State.
Mrs. Patton, who was at her hus-
bands bedside when he died late
yesterday of complications from in
juries in a traffic accident, agreed
that he should be buried in the
European soil he helped to iberate
and with the soldier dead of the
fighting which smashed down Ger
manys last hope drive into the
Ardennes.
The body of the great armored COM
mander. who was transferred from
the Sd Army to the skeletonized 18th
Army, October 2, after criticizing the
Identification policy in Germany.
was to lie in state at Villa Renter,
7th Army headquarters, tonight.
His body will be on view to both
enlisted men and military and civil
ian dignitaries from am. until the
funeral hour tomorrow.
| Six hundred men who served un-
der Gen. Patton in combat left
Nuernburg today to form an honor
guard at the funeral The troops
were chosen from the LIST and 9Th
Infantry Divisions, which fought
under Gen. Patton in Africa and
Sicily, and the 4th ArInored Divi-
sion, which led the drive from Nor
mandy.
Honorary Pallbearers.
Twelve honorary pallbearers were
named:
1t. Gen. John C. H. Lee, 1t. Gen.
j. K. Cannon, 1t. Gen. Lucian K.
Truscott, jr.; Maj Gen. Everett
Hughes, Maj. Gen. A W. Kenner,
Brig. Gen. Walter j. Muller, Brig.
Gen. Ray T. Maddix. Gen. Willems,
Maj. Gen. Robert MEG. Littlejohn,
Col. Paul D. Harkins, Col Thomas
H. Nixon and Mai Gen. Leven G.
Allen, deputy commander of the
18th Army.
Gen. Lee is deputy commander Of
American forces in Europe, Gen.
Cannon is commander of American
Air Forces in Europe, Gen. Truscott
is commander of the Sd Army, hav-
| ing succeeded Gen. Patton in that
assignment; Gen. Hughes is the the
alter inspector general, Gen. Kenner
is the surgeon general, who was with
Gen. Patton during the invasion of
Morocco and attended him after the
motor accident: Gen. Muller is di-
rector of the military government
for Bavaria, Gen. Maddix, on Gen.
Patton's staff in Sicily, is now act
ing chief of staff for the Sd Army:
Gen. Lttlejohn is chief quarter
master in the theater, Col. Harkins
i was Gen. Pattor1's chief of staff
throughout the war. Col. Nixon Is
theater ordnance officer.
The theater chaplain will conduct
the Heidelberg service, which will
be attended by Mrs. Patton and her
brother, Frederick Aver of Boston,
Mass, who few to Heidelberg sew
eral days ago.
1 After the service a troop of the
18th Cavalry which fought with
Gen. Patton across Europe will es-
cort the body to the railway station
to be placed aboard the funeral
train.
The route to the station will be
lined by composite company of
soldiers from the Heidelberg area
command. Another infantry COM
pany will be on guard at the station
and battery from the 1st Armored
Division will fire a salute as the
train leaves for Luxembourg.
] McNarney Train Used.
/ The funeral train will leave Hell
delberg at $3.50 pm. and is expected
at Luxembourg at am. Monday.
! The special train of Gen. Joseph
r. McNarney, American theater
| (See PATTON, Page A-2.J