General George S. Patton

Personal WC-57

Side view: Note pedestal mounted 50 cal. on right running board 

Rear view: Note rear step plate. It was fashioned from the rear 

tailgate of a 3/4 ton weapons carrier variant.

Close up of 50 cal. pedestal mount

Front view: Note metal plating protecting radiator, air horns, 

and three star general identifications.

Patton Pictures

"Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment, 

a prominent figure in the second daring amphibious 

landing behind enemy lines on Sicily's north 

coast, discusses military strategy with Lt. Gen. 

George S. Patton. Near Brolo." 1943. 

From the NARA Collection

Patton in his WC-56  command car passing

through a badly damaged Sicilian city.

[Patton Museum]

General George S. Patton and a former Vichy French 

Army general are about to review a military parade 

standing in a WC-56 command car

[Patton Museum]

General George S. Patton and Field Marshal Bernard L.

 Montgomery seated in a Dodge 3/4 ton command car.

General George S. Patton seated in a command car.

George S. Patton riding in a WC-56 during a ticker

 tape parade in Los Angeles 1944.