[Mountaineer-American]

Here is a photograph of Patton's Leica. Shot on Tri-X with M6 + 50mm Summicron, available light. Shot wide open with a dead slow shutter speed, handheld. The light was very bad. Regrets for the poor quality but you can get an eyeball on the item. If you ever get down there take a flash. They encourage photography in the museum but not elsewhere on post.

I was posted to Ft. Knox in 1971 & got back in 2004. I reckon the camera has been laying in the display case all that time. There are many more personal artifacts including his ivory-handled pistols, gunbelt & holsters, many of his decorations, the automobile in which he suffered his fatal accident, the truck that served as rolling HQ in the drive across France, elements from his participation in the Olympic Games (modern pentathlon if I recall correctly), much more. Some of the personal stuff is family-owned & loaned to the museum.