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.^ George Smith Patton, Jr. November 11 , 1885 – December 21 , 1945 ) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ November 11, 2009 3:21 PM .- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ General George Patton (1885-1945) .- new sat ... - SatelliteGuys.US 25 September 2009 3:21 UTC www.satelliteguys.us [Source type: General]
.^ It should be noted, however, that many of the controversial opinions he expressed were common (if not exactly popular) at the time and his outspoken opposition to post-surrender denazification is still a widely debated viewpoint today.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ His request was granted and Patton became the first American igned to the new U. S Tank Corps.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His request was granted and Patton became the first American assigned to the new U. S Tank Corps.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After graduating from West Point and placing 5th in the 1912 Olympics pentathlon, he became military aide to General Pershing during the Mexican Expedition, served as Tank Corps captain in World War I, and went on to lead Allied armies to...- Lists & Guides tagged with patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ H. Essame, Patton: The Commander (1974) Patton was unquestionably the outstanding exponent of armored warfare produced by the Allies in the Second World War.
.^ In his 36-year Army career, he was an advocate of armored warfare and commanded major units of North Africa , Sicily , and the European Theater of Operations .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ World War II: Volume 22.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ World War II: Volume 11.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Most of them have been about Patton's battles and campaigns.
^ While Patton was recuperating from his wounds, hostilities ended.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was true that the soldier unbeknowingly by himself or the doctors had malaria, but in Patton's book, no man could say "I can't take it"...especially in a hospital where the men around him-men with shattered limbs, or bellies packed with dressings, could laugh and joke.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The operation was placed under the supreme command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower .
^ Fortunately, Eisenhower and Chief of Staff Marshall recognised Patton's virtues as a fighting general, too, and refused to dismiss him.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In an attempt to solve the problem General Dwight D. Eisenhower arranged a meeting between Maudlin and Patton.
.^ Quartermasters too encountered difficult conditions but garnered valuable logistics "seasoning" applicable to future operations; especially Operation OVERLORD, the invasion of Normandy.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Part of Operation Overlord, the codeword for the invasion, was Operation Fortitude, an immense deception operation intended to deceive the Germans into thinking that the initial invasion would take place at southern Norway, and the main invasion would be at Pas de Calais, where the English Channel is most narrow, instead of Normandy.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Normandy invasion, though difficult and costly, had been successful...very much in part to Operation Fortitude.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ General Patton's offensive, however, came to a screeching halt on August 31 , 1944 , as the Third Army literally ran out of gas near the Moselle River , just outside of Metz , France .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In the period leading to the Normandy invasion , Patton gave public talks as commander of the fictional First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG), which was supposedly intending to invade France by way of Calais .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton commanded French troops, the 2nd Armored Division commanded by Philippe Leclerc, integrated in the Third Army, and had rocky but friendly relations with the French general.- George S. Patton - Wikiquote 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ Patton and the 3rd Army in the Bulge .- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Bastogne La Roche Monshau Aachen Durig the Battle of the Bulge, Patton turned the Third Army north to relieve the surrounded and besieged 101st Airborne Division trapped in Bastogne .- MyStudiyo - History Channel Club Channel - George S. Patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.mystudiyo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Treacherous Peace After fighting ceased in Europe in 1945, Patton was given command of the 15th U.S. Army in Germany.- Historic Trauma Cases: Gen. George Smith Patton, Jr. on ADVANCE for Nurses 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC nursing.advanceweb.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Without going into too much detail it is usually acknowledged, often grudgingly, that Patton was the finest general the allies had in the European theater.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ CARLO D'ESTE: The two slapping incidents which took place toward the latter part of the Sicily campaign, I think, were the defining moments of Patton's military career.
^ LAMB: This slapping incident in 1943 -- right in the middle of the war.
^ After the war he had mentioned the possibility that he might have been partly responsible for the slapping incidents.- General George S. Patton, Jr.: New book revisits old controversy - Page 2 12 September 2009 10:010 UTC www.arguewitheveryone.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Christmas and get-well greetings after automobile accident, 1945 .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Two months later, in December 1945, Patton died after a mysterious automobile accident.- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
^ Then he returned to Germany, where he died December 21, 1945, at age 60, after breaking his neck in an automobile accident.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
Family
.^ George Smith Patton, Jr., was born on 11 November 1885 in San Gabriel, California.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ George Patton was born in San Gabriel, California, on 11th November, 1885.
^ Graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1877 before taking up a career as an attorney , Patton's father served as the first city level District Attorney of Pasadena , California and the first mayor of San Marino, California .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ September 30 , 1856 – June, 1927 ) and Ruth Wilson, daughter of Benjamin Wilson , a prominent Pasadena land owner and politician.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Family Patton was born in San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton (September 30, 1856 June, 1927) and Ruth Wilson.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ His paternal grandparents were Brigadier General George Smith Patton (June 26, 1833 September 19, 1864) and Susan Thornton Glassell.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, known throughout his life as "Georgie" was born Nov 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, CA, to George Smith Patton Jr, and Ruth Wilson.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Family Patton was born in San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton (September 30, 1856 June, 1927) and Ruth Wilson.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The Pattons were an affluent family.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ General George Smith Patton remains a fascinating figure in military history, who was immortalized in the 1970 film, Patton.- Historic Trauma Cases: Gen. George Smith Patton, Jr. on ADVANCE for Nurses 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC nursing.advanceweb.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton was an intelligent child, intensively studying classical literature and military history from a young age, but likely suffered from an undiagnosed case of dyslexia , the consequences of which would haunt him throughout his schooling.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Since his death, Patton's reputation has continued to grow until he is now considered by many the greatest military commander in U. S history.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Various Confederate heroes had befriended the family after the war, namely John Singleton Mosby, the partisan cavalry leader.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I served under your father in Vietnam.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton's father was a friend of John Singleton Mosby , a cavalry hero of the Confederate States of America , serving first under J.E.B. Stuart and then as a guerrilla fighter.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The younger Patton grew up hearing Mosby's stories of military glory.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It faithfully tells the story of General George S. Patton, one of the most colorful and controversial military leaders in American history.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Patton [Region 2] 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton had sat on Mosby's knee, listening to stories of daring and heroism by Mosby, and Mosby's close friend, General J.E.B. Stuart.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He says, "General Patton was right here and said I was an American hero.
^ From an early age the young Patton sought to become a general and hero in his own right.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ George Smith Patton was born in California in 1885, and at the age of five he informed his parents of his intention of becoming a "great general."- General George S. Patton - Liberty�s Steamroller 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Patton came from a long line of soldier s who fought and some who died in many conflicts, including General Hugh Mercer of the American Revolution .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During his service, Patton, accompanied by ten soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment , killed "General" Julio Cardenas, commander of Villa's personal bodyguard.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During his service, Patton, accompanied by ten soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment , killed "General" Julio Cardenas , commander of Villa's personal bodyguard.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ Patton's grandfather in Fredericksburg , graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Class of 1852, standing 2nd in a class of 24.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Both his father and grandfather, Col. George S. Patton, had attended Virginia Military Institute, where Patton's favorite hero, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson had taught.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Left orphan children: i. Ann Eliza Patton, born 1836/7 ii. Ellen Virginia Patton, born 1837/8 iii. John Preston Patton iv.- PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.obcgs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Ruth Patton later wrote about a letter that George Patton sent to her mother during the First World War .
^ True or False: George S. Patton died in battle.- MyStudiyo - History Channel Club Channel - George S. Patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.mystudiyo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In Stock Lucky Forward: The History of General George Patton's Third U.S. Army by Colonel Robert S. Allen .- Lists & Guides tagged with patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ General Patton is not here in an official capacity.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ On 1st October 1940 Patton was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 2nd Armed Division based at Fort Benning.
^ Battle of Cantigny Meuse-Argonne Offensive Hundred Days Offensive Battle of Amiens For his service in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive , Patton received a Purple Heart, a Distinguished Service Cross the Distinguished Service Medal, and was given a battlefield promotion to full colonel.- MyStudiyo - History Channel Club Channel - George S. Patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.mystudiyo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ His great-uncle Walter Taswell was mortally wounded in Pickett's Charge.
^ A great-uncle, Waller T. Patton , perished of wounds received in Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ True or False: George S. Patton died in battle.- MyStudiyo - History Channel Club Channel - George S. Patton 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.mystudiyo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A great-uncle, Waller T. Patton , perished of wounds received in Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton's car was repaired and used by other officers.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "It is not an exaggeration to state that Patton fought two wars in the ETO: one against the enemy and one against higher authorities for the opportunity to fight the enemy," notes Colonel Allen.- General George S. Patton - Liberty�s Steamroller 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Another relative,
Hugh Weedon Mercer, was a Confederate general.
.^ The New York Times headlined this quote, and other papers all across America picked it up.- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
^ A New York newspaper printed the completely false claim that when Patton had slapped the soldier who was Jewish, he had called him a "yellow-bellied Jew."- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
^ A New York newspaper printed the completely false claim that when Patton had slapped the soldier who was Jewish, he had called him a "yellow-bellied Jew.- The Patton Papers, Censored - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: General]
.^ The first one was his grandfather, the first George S. Patton.
^ Ruth Patton later wrote about a letter that George Patton sent to her mother during the First World War .
^ While still a captain during the First World War, George S. Patton had an occasion to pay a visit to the southeastern French town of Langres in December of 1917.- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
.^ My father had left for the second of his three tours in Vietnam about the time I was a year old, and my first memory of him is when we flew to Hawaii on R & R to meet him when I was about 3.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ E lizabeth Cathey, daughter of George-5355 was named in the 1823 court case as having been twice married, first to Robert Cain, and second to Robert Reed.- George Cathey (1735-1805) and wife Ann Price of NC and TN 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC www.martygrant.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Keeping pace to support Patton and Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges First Army, ADSEC moved forward three times in as many weeks.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Patton's paternal grandparents were Brigadier General George Smith Patton ( June 26 , 1833 – September 19 , 1864 ) and Susan Thornton Glassell.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ George Smith Patton was born in California in 1885, and at the age of five he informed his parents of his intention of becoming a "great general."- General George S. Patton - Liberty�s Steamroller 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, known throughout his life as "Georgie" was born Nov 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, CA, to George Smith Patton Jr, and Ruth Wilson.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Patton's grandfather in Fredericksburg , graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Class of 1852, standing 2nd in a class of 24.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The first one was his grandfather, the first George S. Patton.
^ Most of them had gone to the Virginia Military Institute, were VMI grads.
.^ When the American Civil War broke out, he served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The brigadier general was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and later served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861 1865).- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton came from a long line of soldiers who fought and often died in many conflicts, including the American Revolution and, in particular, the Confederate side of the American Civil War.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Son Patton, born 1804/10.- PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.obcgs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Dying among the casualties of the Battle of Opequon (the Third Battle of Winchester), Patton's grandfather left behind a namesake son, born in Charleston , West Virginia when that state was still part of Virginia.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He left behind a namesake son who was born in Charleston, West Virginia, when that state was still part of Virginia.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The first one was his grandfather, the first George S. Patton.
^ His paternal grandparents were Brigadier General George Smith Patton (June 26, 1833 September 19, 1864) and Susan Thornton Glassell.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, known throughout his life as "Georgie" was born Nov 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, CA, to George Smith Patton Jr, and Ruth Wilson.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He later notably served as the first city level District attorney of Pasadena, California and the first mayor of San Marino, California.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1877 before taking up a career as an attorney , Patton's father served as the first city level District Attorney of Pasadena , California and the first mayor of San Marino, California .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1877.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He was a Wilsonian Democrat.
His maternal grandparents were
Benjamin Davis Wilson, (December 1, 1811 to March 11, 1878), the namesake of
Southern California's
Mount Wilson, and his second wife, Margaret Hereford.
.^ Patton, known throughout his life as "Georgie" was born Nov 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, CA, to George Smith Patton Jr, and Ruth Wilson.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Family Patton was born in San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton (September 30, 1856 June, 1927) and Ruth Wilson.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ World War II During the buildup of the U.S. Army prior to its entry into World War II, Patton established the Desert Training Center in Indio, California.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Patton married Beatrice Banning Ayer (January 12, 1886–September 30, 1953), the daughter of wealthy textile baron
Frederick Ayer, on May 26, 1910. They had three children, Beatrice Smith (March 19, 1911–October 24, 1952), Ruth Ellen Patton Totten (February 28, 1915–November 25, 1993), who wrote
The Button Box: A Loving Daughter's Memoir of Mrs. George S. Patton, and
George Patton IV (December 24, 1923–June 27, 2004), who rose to the rank of major general. A cousin of George S.Patton was Democratic Congressman from Georgia
Larry McDonald who was aboard
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by the Soviets just west of Sakhalin Island on September 1, 1983.
Education and early military service
.^ Education Patton attended Virginia Military Institute for one year, then transferred to and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1877.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) where he would have been Class of 1907 had he not transferred to West Point after one year Patton attended Virginia Military Institute for one year, then transferred to West Point .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Education Patton attended Virginia Military Institute for one year, then transferred to and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Martin Blumenson, Breakout and Pursuit (Washington D.C., Center of Military History, United States Government Printing Office, 1978), 354.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Horn, a specialist assigned to the intelligence unit of the 7th Army, held a very unique position within the ranks of the United States military.- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
.^ Because of these difficulties, it took him five years to graduate from West Point, although he did rise to become Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I finish this job, which will be around the first of the year, I shall resign, not retire, because if I retire I will still have a gag in my mouth .- Patton Races Against Time 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC greyfalcon.us [Source type: Original source]
^ He flunked out after plebe year with Courtney Hodges (both "found deficient" in mathematics), but reentered to graduate in 1909 , being commissioned as a cavalry officer.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Patton received his Cavalry commission in 1909.- General George S. Patton - Liberty�s Steamroller 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He flunked out after plebe year with Courtney Hodges (both "found deficient" in mathematics), but reentered to graduate in 1909 , being commissioned as a cavalry officer.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The next two years saw the dashing young cavalry of officer become one of the Army's best polo players.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
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Fifth Olympiad
.^ Patton also represented the United States in the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm in the Modern Pentathlon.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After graduating from West Point, Patton participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, representing the United States in the first-ever Modern Pentathlon.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After graduating from West Point, Patton participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , representing the United States in the first-ever Modern Pentathlon .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
He placed sixth out of 37 contestants in 300 meter freestyle swimming. Patton was third out of 29 fencers. In the equestrian cross-country steeplechase, he was among the three riders who turned in perfect performances, but he placed third because of his time. Patton
"hit the wall" 50 yards (46 m) from the finish line of the four kilometer cross-country footrace, then fainted after crossing the line at a walk. He finished third out of 15 contestants.
.^ Still, Patton finished fifth overall, an excellent finish in an event traditionally dominated by European marksmen.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
Pistol shooting controversy
.^ He placed 5th in the event, out of 46, but would have placed first...he had problems in the pistol shooting part of the event, having the same problem that he had had while training for football at West Point...he had trained too hard, having lost nearly 30 pounds in preparation for the Olympics.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He was leading prior to the shooting competition, in which he decided to use a .38 revolver instead of the .22 caliber the rest of the athletes used.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The competitors were allowed to choose whatever pistol they wished, and most used .22 revolvers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He claimed his second bullet went through the hole made by his first.- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Consequently, Patton's handgun punched larger holes in the target, which probably cost him points in the shooting finals since he supposedly missed with one round; in actuality the "missing" round had passed through a cluster of holes he had already put in the target.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He claimed that the 'miss' actually passed through the holes put in the target by his previous bullets (the heavier .38 rounds tearing a much larger series of holes in his target than the lighter rounds of his competitors).- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Modern competitions on this level frequently now employ a moving background to specifically track multiple shots through the same hole.
[5] There was much controversy, but the judges’ ruling was upheld. Patton neither complained, nor made excuses. Patton's only comment was
...the high spirit of sportsmanship and generosity manifested throughout speaks volumes for the character of the officers of the present day.
.^ At that time, in the early '80s, there was no other single deposit known with so many fossils of one kind of dinosaur.- Quotations about Evolution 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.ooblick.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Some people rob you at gun point..Others will rob you at "Ball Point Pen" .- Portugal parliament approves of gay marriage - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: General]
.^ And, at the end, it was much more than that.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I felt like cheering at the end!- "The Speech" - General George S. Patton, Jr. (WARNING: Profanity!!) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- "The Speech" - General George S. Patton, Jr. (WARNING: Profanity!!) 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ It was true that the soldier unbeknowingly by himself or the doctors had malaria, but in Patton's book, no man could say "I can't take it"...especially in a hospital where the men around him-men with shattered limbs, or bellies packed with dressings, could laugh and joke.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
[citation needed]
Master of the Sword and the Patton Saber
.^ Patton, a talented sportsman, finished fifth in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
^ After representing the U.S. at the 1912 Olympic Games, Patton took part in General John J. Pershing’s punitive raid into Mexico in 1916.- General George S. Patton - Liberty�s Steamroller 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton also represented the United States in the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm in the Modern Pentathlon.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ A map of Western Europe, marked by Patton in March 1944 prior to the development of campaign plans, illustrates with remarkable accuracy the projected route that the Third Army would take in its advance across France and Germany.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Patton was soon relieved of his Third Army command and transferred to the Fifteenth Army, a paper command preparing a history of the war.One thing that must be remembered is that Patton was a historian at heart.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, once again facing diplomacy in battle, sent his army on a route different from the one planned, and raced and beat Montgomery's forces in taking Palermo and Messina.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Attended French cavalry school, Saumur, France .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ While Master of the Sword, Patton improved and modernized the Army's Cavalry Saber fencing techniques and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber .- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After the Olympics, Patton kept busy by visiting the French cavalry school as an observer and studying French sword drill.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ While in Europe, Patton attended the French Cavalry School at Saumur to study fencing, at his own expense.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ George Patton received a report written by Earl G. Harrison about the way the Jews in Germany were being treated by the US Army after the war.
^ Anticipating an attack on 12 December, Patton directed "his Staff to make a study of what the Third Army would do if called upon to counterattack such a break-through."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton wrote about the report in his diary on 15th September, 1945.
.^ Patton's father was a friend of John Singleton Mosby , a cavalry hero of the Confederate States of America , serving first under J.E.B. Stuart and then as a guerrilla fighter.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After his return to the states, Patton was assigned to the US Army Cavalry School, and was made the army's first "Master of the Sword".- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Patton was forced to make his plans under the constraints that Montgomery would be allowed to take certain cities, etc.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ While in Europe, Patton attended the French Cavalry School at Saumur to study fencing, at his own expense.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After his return to the states, Patton was assigned to the US Army Cavalry School, and was made the army's first "Master of the Sword".- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ After his return to the states, Patton was assigned to the US Army Cavalry School, and was made the army's first "Master of the Sword".- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Now one of the achievements of this man was that as a second lieutenant of cavalry, barely out of West Point, here the Army appoints him the first-ever master of the sword.
^ Riley, Kansas; he's going to school, and on the other hand, he's teaching men way senior -- men who have been in the Army for many, many years -- the elements and rudiments of swordsmanship.
.^ While Master of the Sword, Patton improved and modernized the Army's Cavalry Saber fencing techniques and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He graduated from the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kans., in 1913, and a year later from the Advanced Course at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Now known as the "Patton" sabre, it was heavily influenced by the 1908 and 1912 Pattern British Army Cavalry Swords .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He graduated from the Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kans., in 1913, and a year later from the Advanced Course at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While Master of the Sword, Patton improved and modernized the Army's Cavalry Saber fencing techniques and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton - WW2 in Color History Forum 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.ww2incolor.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ It had a large, basket-shaped hilt mounting a straight, double-edged, thrusting blade designed for use by heavy cavalry.- George S. Patton - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Saber Exercise, 1914 .- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I have both seen Lawrence of Arabia and Patton in theaters using the 70mm prints .- "Despicable" Patton comparison *PIX* - AVS Forum 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.avsforum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The weapon came to be known as the "Patton Saber."
.^ At that time, in the early '80s, there was no other single deposit known with so many fossils of one kind of dinosaur.- Quotations about Evolution 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.ooblick.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ One can turn this around and say that if the creation was a one-shot event in the distant past, then there is no admissible (first-hand) evidence to support it.- Quotations about Evolution 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.ooblick.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ No, Brad, there's only one proper way for a professional soldier to die.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Patton again faced the daunting task of training, leading, and sustaining combat forces in the field.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ After completing the Punitive Expedition, Pattons superior, the newly promoted Major General Pershing, left for France to assemble and train the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Patton's thoughts were expressed in his 1913 report "The Form and Use of the Saber":
.^ Sort of like Papercraft, but he always uses the actual sheet from which the design was cut as part of the piece.- Geekologie -February 2008 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.geekologie.com [Source type: General]
The French dragoons, on the contrary, used only the point which, with their long straight swords caused almost always a fatal wound. This made the English say that the French did not fight fair.
.^ It had a large, basket-shaped hilt mounting a straight, double-edged, thrusting blade designed for use by heavy cavalry.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ When reviewing the 82nd Airborne Division in Berlin, he was especially impressed with their professionalism, and called them the name that they still proudly bear, "America's Guard of Honor."- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
The point! The point!"
[6]
The weapon was never used as intended.
.^ Not counting mortars, machine guns, rifles.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton's story starts in North Africa at the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II and end with the defeat of Germany.- Patton - Movie Review and Sounds 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.destgulch.com [Source type: General]
^ He enlisted in the Army during World War II and went on to serve 16 years, both in combat, and in his later years, as an Armed Forces Radio and Television officer.- George Kennedy - Dating, Gossip, News, George Kennedy Photos 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.whosdatedwho.com [Source type: General]
.^ Soon thereafter, as an observer, he was present at the Battle of Cambrai, the first battle using a significant number of tanks.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton, however, felt that he should use a true military weapon, which at that time was a .38 revolver.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ As long as one tank is able to move it must go forward.
.^ This revolver would become a Patton trademark during World War II. As a result of this action, Patton was promoted to first lieutenant.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
Punitive Expedition into Mexico
.^ During the Mexican Expedition of 1916 , Patton, while assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss , Texas , accompanied then- Brigadier General John J. Pershing as his aide during the Mexican Expedition in his pursuit of Pancho Villa .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After Pancho Villas raid on Columbus, New Mexico, Brigadier General John J. Pershing assembled a retaliatory force to find Villa.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Leaving Fort Bliss together on 13 March 1916, Patton and Pershing began a close and lifelong friendship.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Patton is immediately behind Pershing.
.^ During the Mexican Expedition of 1916 , Patton, while assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss , Texas , accompanied then- Brigadier General John J. Pershing as his aide during the Mexican Expedition in his pursuit of Pancho Villa .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Mexican Punitive Expedition, 1916-1917 .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ During the Mexican border campaign of 1916, Patton, while assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss, TX, accompanied then BG John J. Pershing, as his aide during the Mexican Expedition in his pursuit of Pancho Villa.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Again served on General Pershing's staff in the American Expeditionary Force in France (May 1917).- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During the Mexican border campaign of 1916, Patton, while assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss, TX, accompanied then BG John J. Pershing, as his aide during the Mexican Expedition in his pursuit of Pancho Villa.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ His first relationship with Pershing began in 1916 after Pancho Villa raided a New Mexican border town, and we had what they call the punitive expedition against Mexico to try to catch and punish Pancho Villa.
.^ During his service, Patton, accompanied by ten soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment, tracked down and killed "General" Julio Cardenas, commander of Villa's personal bodyguard.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton, like his contemporaries Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and General Omar Bradley, or his American predecessors, Gens George Washington, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant, loved his soldiers, and personally mourned the loss of every one killed in battle.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ On 1st October 1940 Patton was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 2nd Armed Division based at Fort Benning.
The bodies were brought back from San Miguelito to Pershing's headquarters strapped to the hoods of the vehicles in a manner similar to game animals brought back by hunters. For this action, as well as Patton's affinity for the
Colt Peacemaker, Pershing titled Patton his "Bandito." Patton's success in this regard gained him a level of fame in the United States, and he was featured in newspapers across the nation.
[8]
World War I
.^ At the onset of the USA's entry into World War I , General Pershing promoted Patton to the rank of captain .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton's story starts in North Africa at the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II and end with the defeat of Germany.- Patton - Movie Review and Sounds 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.destgulch.com [Source type: General]
^ After the close of World War II, Patton became occupation commander of Bavaria , and made arrangements for saving the world-famous Lipizzaner stallion s of Vienna .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Soon, however, Pershing and Patton were in France, where George requested transfer to a combat command.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ While in France under the Third Republic , Patton requested that he be given a combat command and Pershing assigned him command within the newly formed U.S. Tank Corps .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Eisenhower is also credited with giving Patton a command in France, after other powers in the Army had relegated Patton to various unimportant duties in England.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ While in France under the Third Republic , Patton requested that he be given a combat command and Pershing assigned him command within the newly formed U.S. Tank Corps .- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In any event, Patton went to France with Pershing in 1917 when it was determined that we were going to have a Tank Corps.
^ Patton's success in this regard gained him a level of notoriety back in the United States.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ PATTON (LEFT) WITH EISENHOWER (CENTRE) AND OMAR BRADLEY (RIGHT) : While the 3rd Army trained in Britain, Patton studied the terrain of Normandy first hand.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton sat in the back seat, on the right with General Gay on his left, as per custom.- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ D'Este reports that even Hitler begrudgingly respected Patton, once calling him "that crazy cowboy general."- George S. Patton at AllExperts 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC en.allexperts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He demonstrated it for seven generals, during the demonstration, Mrs Patton drove the tank.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ However, this combat test had allowed Patton to hone doctrine, while self-critiquing his leadership and logistical abilities.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Before an all-out assault by Patton's tanks proved necessary, however, the French surrendered.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Soon thereafter, as an observer, he was present at the Battle of Cambrai, the first battle using a significant number of tanks.- Patton, George S. - The Free Information Society 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.freeinfosociety.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ With his usual impetuousness, Patton treaded to victory with the British tankers at Cambrai, the world's first major tank battle.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ We are still full of desire but some times I deeply regret that I did not take the infantry last November instead of the tanks.
.^ The Patton Papers: 1885-1940 .- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ Fortunately, Eisenhower and Chief of Staff Marshall recognised Patton's virtues as a fighting general, too, and refused to dismiss him.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton spoke to his wife while bedridden explaining to her not to invite Eisenhower , and some of the chief of staff at that time to attend his funeral.- George Patton Murdered by the CIA 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC www.infowars.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[9] .^ Patton's first job was to restore the morale and discipline of the dispirited troops of his new command.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ With his usual impetuousness, Patton treaded to victory with the British tankers at Cambrai, the world's first major tank battle.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Pattons men liberated the camp then all hell broke lose, and it became literally an everyman for himself struggle to get back to American lines.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Today this General Marshall receives the credit for helping rebuild Germany largely the way Patton had previously outlined it much earlier, the only difference being, Marshalls Germany was much smaller than the one Patton wanted to take back from the Russians.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[10]
.^ Promoted to lieutenant colonel (1934).- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Much of the credit for light observation planes coming into use in the Army can be attributed to this training technique of Patton's.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Although Patton was an outspoken advocate of the tank as a modern combat weapon, he found that Congress was not willing to appropriate funds to build a large armoured force.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And Drew Pearson in November -- now this was August when these two incidents took place.
^ Using his newly acquired knowledge of tanks, Patton organized the American tank school at Langres, France, and trained the first 500 American tankers.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In any event, Patton went to France with Pershing in 1917 when it was determined that we were going to have a Tank Corps.
^ He immediately promoted Patton to lieutenant general and put him in charge of the 2nd Corps, which had suffered the defeat.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His request was granted and Patton became the first American igned to the new U. S Tank Corps.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
)
.^ Commander, 304th Tank Brigade .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ United States Department of the Army records .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Ordered to England to take command of Third United States Army in preparation for invasion of France .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
.^ George Patton, letter to Beatrice Ayer (13th June 1918 ) One year ago today we we reached Paris full of desire to kill Germans.
^ George Patton, letter to Beatrice Ayer (28th September 1918 ) I decided to do business.
^ He was badly wounded in the Meuse-Argonne on the 26th of September, 1918.
.^ Two General Patton's classic schooners are still making her living in style offering guests a first-class sailing vacations: .- Patton's Plan for Terrorists and Terrorism 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.marianland.com [Source type: News]
^ In a subsequent firefight, the captain earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest award for valor in combat.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ Theory One The first one is based almost entirely on the published memoirs of General Mark Clark, who served with Patton in the Italian Campaign.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
[11] .^ While Col. Patton was recuperating, However, the war ended.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal and : promoted temporarily to the rank of Colonel.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal and promoted temporarily to the rank of Colonel.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ For the Meuse-Argonne operations, Patton received a Purple Heart, a Distinguished Service Cross and a promotion to colonel.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ He would normally go in there, almost daily, visit the wounded, pin on Purple Hearts and generally commiserate with his troops.
Interwar years
.^ I wrote the book because no one had shown how Patton's early life had shaped his career, had shaped the man who later became a general.
^ There was pressure from some superiors in Washington and an ignorant public to have Patton relieved of duty.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ We know a lot about Patton, but we don't know too much about Beatrice, and that's one of the things I try to do in this book, was to show the vital importance the role that Beatrice played in his life.
.^ A famous general commands armies during World War II. .- Patton - Movie Review and Sounds 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.destgulch.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton's story starts in North Africa at the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II and end with the defeat of Germany.- Patton - Movie Review and Sounds 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.destgulch.com [Source type: General]
^ Although Patton was an outspoken advocate of the tank as a modern combat weapon, he found that Congress was not willing to appropriate funds to build a large armoured force.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Patton, also designed a new U. S cavalry saber the M1913 and authored a training manual for its use, the Army's Saber Regulations 1914.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Using Patton's method, we set r = 1.00.- Quotations about Evolution 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.ooblick.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Still, he carried out experiments to improve radio communications between tanks and helped invent the co-axial tank mount for cannon and machine gun.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Patton was almost immediately promoted to the permanent rank of major and returned to the cavalry and polo.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Soon, however, Pershing and Patton were in France, where George requested transfer to a combat command.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ By 1925, Patton was serving in Hawaii.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Although Patton was an outspoken advocate of the tank as a modern combat weapon, he found that Congress was not willing to appropriate funds to build a large armoured force.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ As a result of his ''unofficial'' remarks, he was relieved of the command of his beloved 3rd Army.Though he had been showered with honours when he had returned to the United States, there was obviously a great deal of discussion in Washington about what to do with Patton now that the war was over.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Officer Patton was an up-standing officer at the time.- PhillyBurbs.com: Former officer claims he was unjustly fired 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.phillyburbs.com [Source type: General]
^ Advertisement The township's response also claims that Patton entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which allows municipal employees to work for several years after entering the program while their pension funding is diverted into a savings to be collected at retirement.- PhillyBurbs.com: Former officer claims he was unjustly fired 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.phillyburbs.com [Source type: General]
^ I wrote the book because no one had shown how Patton's early life had shaped his career, had shaped the man who later became a general.
.^ On March 23rd, 1945 Patton addressed his officers and troops; In the period from 29 January to 22 March, you have wrested 6,484 square miles of territory from the enemy.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Either way Patton drew up a proposal to rearm over 600,000 German POWs should either of these two contingencies come to pass.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
^ So, henceforth, your boys not being able to swim is unconstitutional, and those of you out there with nonfunctioning balls will be shot.- Homosexuality unconstitutional? - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: Original source]
[12]
.^ Patton and the 3rd Army in the Bulge .- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton's 3rd Army was in Lorraine.
^ The mind boggles at the thought of Patton serving under Macarthur!- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Even today, 3rd Army veterans are proud to make it known that they served under Patton.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Finally, on 28 July, Eisenhower turned Patton loose and the 3rd Army came sweeping across Northern France spearheaded by the 4th Armoured Division.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Once ashore, troops linked up with the westward advancing British Eighth Army, ultimately forcing the Afrika Korps off the continent.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Ironically, one of the veterans dispersed by the cavalry was Joe Angelo, who had saved Patton's life in World War I.
.^ As the 1930s drew to a close, Patton took command of Fort Myer.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Commanded the 3rd Cavalry, Fort Myers, Virginia (1938-40).- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Pattons selection as the I Armored Corps commander at Fort Benning, Georgia in late December 1941, he, and his staff, faced the basic shortages still afflicting a rapidly expanding American Army.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Shortly after
Germany's
blitzkrieg attacks in Europe, Major General
Adna .^ The newly created armored divisions quickly filled out with new draftees (compliments of the September 1940 Selective Service Act) but with an "authorization of 6,486 vehicles to attain full combat strength, the Armored Force inherited less than 1,000."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Equipping an 8 million-man force, the US Army would continue facing materiel and personnel shortages during the first months of the war.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ When the German Blitzkrieg was unleashed on Europe, he finally convinced Congress that the U.S. needed a more powerful armoured striking force and Patton finally got his star.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In July 1940, Patton was appointed to the command of a brigade of the 2d Armored Division at Fort Benning, Ga.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ By April 1941 he was commander of the Second Armored Division and in October 1942 he directed the amphibious landings near Casablanca and the ensuing campaign across North Africa.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ These "saplings" would in time lead an American Army schooled in the methods of "blitzkrieg" style of warfare, and in temporary command of the Second Armored Division was Brigadier General (S) Patton.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Advanced to temporary major general (April 1941) and assigned as 2nd Armored Division commander.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Less than a year later he was given command of the division and promoted temporarily to the rank of Major General.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Less than a year later he was given : command of the division and promoted temporarily to the rank of Major General.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
World War II
.^ World War II: Volume 22.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ World War II: Volume 11.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ World War II: Volume 18.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Desert training center.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Assigned to 2nd Armored Division, Fort Benning, Georgia, and advanced to temporary brigadier general.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton said; The one thing that I could not say, and cannot yet say publicly, is that my chief interest in establishing order in Germany was to prevent Germany from going communist.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
.^ In November 1942, Patton and his men participated in the invasion of North Africa.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ By April 1941 he was commander of the Second Armored Division and in October 1942 he directed the amphibious landings near Casablanca and the ensuing campaign across North Africa.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton played a leading role in the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, commanding the ground elements of the western task forces that entered Casablanca and soon occupied French Morocco.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In preparation, Patton trained his troops in the
Imperial Valley.
.^ As a first year "rat" at VMI, young Patton did quite well despite his late start at formal learning.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton would have turned into another Smedley Butler and he would have been a huge thorn in the side of the establishment and the official propaganda that continues to blind people to this very day.- George Patton Murdered by the CIA 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC www.infowars.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While plans for Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of North Africa) progressed early in 1942, Patton was sent to the American southwest to train his tankers for desert warfare.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ In November 1942, Patton and his men participated in the invasion of North Africa.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They include information about American ground combat operations in the campaign for North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the liberation of France, and the final assault on Germany.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Patton also knew that loyalty to a leader would inspire men to take on objectives against all odds; his troops proved this theory correct again and again.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- General Patton 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.electricscotland.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ One day, Danny decides to do something about his ambitions instead of Read More .- George Kennedy Filmography 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: General]
^ D'ESTE: I saw her in 1991, and I spent one of the most fascinating days of my life with this lady.
^ For example the Cambrian strata of rocks, vintage about 600 million years, are the oldest ones in which we find most of the major invertebrate groups.- Quotations about Evolution 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.ooblick.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
North African campaign
.^ Patton played a leading role in the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, commanding the ground elements of the western task forces that entered Casablanca and soon occupied French Morocco.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Patton again faced the daunting task of training, leading, and sustaining combat forces in the field.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ On 8 November 1942, the first ever Anglo-American amphibious invasion landed three separate task forces and quickly seized key parts of French North Africa.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Patton played a leading role in the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, commanding the ground elements of the western task forces that entered Casablanca and soon occupied French Morocco.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And several of them went to Algiers to Eisenhower's headquarters, went to see Bedell Smith, who was chief of staff, and demanded that Patton be fired.
^ When Pershing and his staff arrived in England, Patton and his cavalrymen became the first foreign troops to ever be quartered in the Tower of London.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Casablanca fell after four days of fighting.
.^ (BAND PLAYS) "The lions in their dens tremble at his approach.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, citations, speeches, photographs, training instructions, policy and procedural material, Patton's personnel file, and printed matter.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ The files include orders, citations, memoranda, speeches, training instructions, policy and procedural material, and reports concerning units Patton commanded.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
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.^ George S. Patton commanded the U.S. II Corps in 1943.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ Part VI of the United States Army in World War II: European Theater of Operations.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ During the first four weeks of the breakout, Patton was all over the front as his 3rd Army advanced so fast that entire German divisions were often bypassed to be mopped up by following elements.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Advanced to lieutenant general and assigned as Commander of the II Corps in Tunisia.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ After the poor employment of American combat arms at Kasserine Pass and continuing logistical deficiencies, TORCH commander Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower, replaced the corps commander Major General Lloyd R. Fredendall with Patton.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ At the 19 December senior staff meeting at Verdun, Patton briefed Eisenhower, Bradley and other major Allied officers on his general plan of attack.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ He immediately promoted Patton to lieutenant general and put him in charge of the 2nd Corps, which had suffered the defeat.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I met General Patton in 1971 when I was a second lieutenant in Germany serving as a safety officer on Vilseck's Range 80 tank qualification range.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ Within a month he was promoted temporarily to the rank of Lieutenant General and put in charge of American preparations for the invasion of Sicily.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Patton ordered them out of the hospital, stormed out and later said to Omar Bradley that he had just made men out of a couple of yellow bellies.
^ Even General Omar Bradley, who would later go on to oppose Patton, said: He {Patton} is without question the most gifted field commanders among the allies fighting Germany.- Was Patton's death an accident? - Stormfront 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.stormfront.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Relinquished command of II Corps to Omar Nelson Bradley Resumed command of I Armored Corps in preparation for invasion of Sicily .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
Thus began a long wartime association between the two different personalities.
.^ The mind boggles at the thought of Patton serving under Macarthur!- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Also, officers in the 2nd Corps were now ordered to set an example for their troops and lead them from the front, rather than safely from the rear.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The William Patton shown above has been said to be brother to the John Patton who served in Chester Co militia and then both moved to Harrison Co Va.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
. For instance, Patton required all personnel to wear steel helmets (even physicians in the operating wards) and required his troops to wear the unpopular lace-up canvas leggings and neckties since the leggings prevented injury from scorpions, spiders and rats which would climb up under soldiers' trousers.
^ Would do it now but think it would screw up all the links .- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton also knew that loyalty to a leader would inspire men to take on objectives against all odds; his troops proved this theory correct again and again.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, citations, speeches, photographs, training instructions, policy and procedural material, Patton's personnel file, and printed matter.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
A system of fines was introduced to ensure all personnel shaved daily and observed other uniform requirements.
.^ Patton's first job was to restore the morale and discipline of the dispirited troops of his new command.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Patton's first was to restore the morale and discipline of the dispirited troops of his new command.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ What they did with Patton was subtract grain, which resulted in a smoother, but less detailed picture (not to mention the addition of edge enhancement and other processing artifacts).- "Despicable" Patton comparison *PIX* - AVS Forum 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.avsforum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ There he goes, "Old Blood and Guts.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Old Blood and Guts… was killed because he was going to reveal a series of disastrous mistakes made by the Supreme Allied Command…†.- George Patton Murdered by the CIA 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC www.infowars.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Then, of course, I asked."Any relation to "Old Blood and Guts?"He replied" Hes my Father".- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
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The discipline Patton instilled paid off quickly.
. By mid-March 1943, the counter-offensive of the U.S. II Corps, along with the rest of the British 1st Army, pushed the Germans and Italians eastwards.
^ Patton's : four corps had pierced these defenses by the end of February, and by mid-March had pushed forward through the Eifel to gain control of the Moselle from the Saar River to Coblenz and of the Rhine from Andernach to Coblenz.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Within a few months of taking over the 2nd Corps, Patton had galvanized them and by March 1943 their counteroffensive had pushed the Germans back, while Patton's British arch-rival Montgomery hit the Germans from the East.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ When in March 1943 the United States 2d Corps in Tunisia was reorganized following an earlier rebuff at Kasserine Pass by Gen.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ By April 1941 he was commander of the Second Armored Division and in October 1942 he directed the amphibious landings near Casablanca and the ensuing campaign across North Africa.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Previously accustomed to tactically oriented operations in North Africa and Sicily, Patton now had to compete for logistics with other Allied armies and within the context of General Eisenhowers overall strategic plan.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Leading an army of over 160,000, Patton along with Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomerys Eighth Army began the invasion of Sicily on 10 July 1943.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Sicily campaign
.^ In November 1942, Patton and his men participated in the invasion of North Africa.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ By April 1941 he was commander of the Second Armored Division and in October 1942 he directed the amphibious landings near Casablanca and the ensuing campaign across North Africa.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ By July 1943 he commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Allied invasion of Sicily; he excelled militarily there with a bold campaign that beat the British into Palermo, but the notorious incident in which he verbally abused two ailing soldiers, one of whom he also slapped, nearly cost him his career.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
.^ I will advance north to Messina, the Americans protecting my flank.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And I think this was triggered partly by two things: one, he was under tremendous stress toward the end of the campaign, both to conclude the campaign and he was ina so-called race with Montgomery not only conclude the campaign but to beat the British into Messina.
^ With adequate logistical support, Patton continued advancing against collapsing German resistance and liberated the final stronghold of Messina just ahead of Montgomerys Eighth Army.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Officers quoted General Patton's speech to them before the invasion of Sicily, referring to Italians and Germans:
.^ Go tell him to hit them hard.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy. He has killed thousands of your comrades and he must die.
.^ As would befit one with a love of heroics, Lieutenant Patton chose the cavalry as his special branch, no doubt picturing himself leading hell-for-leather charges against the enemy.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He'd say you're asking the impossible of your men.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ These terms and conditions regarding your use of the Site constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Site and the Parent Companies.- Patton - Trailer | SPIKE 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
That bastard will die! You will kill him. Stick him between the third and fourth ribs.
.^ He'd say you're asking the impossible of your men.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Ben, so sincere...your wife must be so proud of you, as would the "old men"......- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
They must have the killer instinct. Tell them to stick him. Stick him in the liver. We will get the name of killers and killers are immortal. When word reaches him that he is being faced by a killer battalion he will fight less. We must build up that name as killers.
– George S. Patton[15]
.^ During the first week in May, Third Army columns pushed into Czechoslovakia, and (Pilsen) was freed just before the armistice.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The U.S. 1st and 9th armies, temporarily under Field Marshal Montgomery, attacked the German salient from the north, while the U.S. 3d Army attacked it from the south.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While Patton was preparing an attack eastward into the Saar area, in conjunction with the Seventh Army, the Germans launched their Ardennes counteroffensive of December 16.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At the bottom of the supply priority list from September to November 1944, the Third Army could only mount infantry assaults against the Metz fortifications and other local German strong points.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The U.S. 1st and 9th armies, temporarily under Field Marshal Montgomery, attacked the German salient from the north, while the U.S. 3d Army attacked it from the south.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Splitting the Third Army in two, only the VIII Corps remained behind to secure Brest and St. Malo and their accompanying port facilities.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Between the two world wars Patton graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1924 and from the Army War College in 1932.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Besides leading the Third Army, Patton also "commanded" the fictitious First U. S. Army Group (FUSAG).- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ CARLO D'ESTE: The two slapping incidents which took place toward the latter part of the Sicily campaign, I think, were the defining moments of Patton's military career.
^ When the invasion was launched, Patton's 7th Army was given the of liberating the western half of the island, while Montgomery's 8th British Army took the eastern half.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Now out of all the people that came to his meeting, all of these senior generals, Patton was the only one who came with a plan to counter what had happened.
.^ To deal with this problem corps and army level G-3 and G-4 staffs quickly met and cobbled together a temporary solution to maintain the flow of fuel, ammunition, and other supplies.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ And Patton was so inquisitive that he was always looking around, commenting, making statements to his chief of staff about how awful the damage was.
^ Anticipating an attack on 12 December, Patton directed "his Staff to make a study of what the Third Army would do if called upon to counterattack such a break-through."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ After completing the Punitive Expedition, Pattons superior, the newly promoted Major General Pershing, left for France to assemble and train the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ When the invasion was launched, Patton's 7th Army was given the of liberating the western half of the island, while Montgomery's 8th British Army took the eastern half.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Both the French and the Sultan of Morocco were impressed by Patton's style, which helped gain their cooperation after the American forces had occupied Morocco.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He still proved useful, though, since the Germans feared him above all other Allied generals.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Slapping incident and removal from command
.^ By July 1943 he commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Allied invasion of Sicily; he excelled militarily there with a bold campaign that beat the British into Palermo, but the notorious incident in which he verbally abused two ailing soldiers, one of whom he also slapped, nearly cost him his career.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ CARLO D'ESTE: The two slapping incidents which took place toward the latter part of the Sicily campaign, I think, were the defining moments of Patton's military career.
^ LAMB: This slapping incident in 1943 -- right in the middle of the war.
.^ General Patton was hospitalized following an automobile accident and died in Heidelberg, Germany, on 21 December 1945.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I wrote the book because no one had shown how Patton's early life had shaped his career, had shaped the man who later became a general.
^ And Drew Pearson in November -- now this was August when these two incidents took place.
[17] .^ Despite this victory, Patton found himself in trouble with military leaders after he slapped a soldier whom he considered a coward and a malingerer.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ By July 1943 he commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Allied invasion of Sicily; he excelled militarily there with a bold campaign that beat the British into Palermo, but the notorious incident in which he verbally abused two ailing soldiers, one of whom he also slapped, nearly cost him his career.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ It was really his to lose, and he lost it when he slapped these two soldiers.
^ D'ESTE: Well, they were so incensed about it, they thought the idea of an American general, you know, slapping two private soldiers was unconscionable.
Paul G. Bennett on August 10, 1943 at the 93rd Evacuation Hospital.
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.^ There was the Patton that portrayed himself to the world -- the tough guy, the macho character, the profane general who was dressed, you know, inordinately with ivory-handled pistols and so forth and came, you know, with the sirens screaming and so forth.
^ General Patton was hospitalized following an automobile accident and died in Heidelberg, Germany, on 21 December 1945.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I wrote the book because no one had shown how Patton's early life had shaped his career, had shaped the man who later became a general.
Patton asked "What's the matter with you?" and the soldier replied, "It's my nerves, I guess. I can't stand shelling."
.^ Much of the credit for light observation planes coming into use in the Army can be attributed to this training technique of Patton's.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Despite this victory, Patton found himself in trouble with military leaders after he slapped a soldier whom he considered a coward and a malingerer.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Patton trademark of infusing a fighting spirit into all his soldiers including the CSS elements proved instrumental during Al-Guettar.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Luckily, he was able to keep his principal Seventh Army staff officers including his G-4, Walter J. Muller, who "functioned with such efficiency that Patton rarely inquired into his methods."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ A man of action, whether as an Olympic athlete or commanding troops in "The Dash Across France," General Patton has become a legend as a soldier.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Pershing, who had been impressed with Patton in Mexico, promoted him to captain and asked him to command his headquarters troop.- patton: GENERAL PATTON 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC jollyroger.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Reportedly, the nurse "made a dive toward Patton, but was pulled back by a doctor" and the commander intervened. Patton went to other patients, then returned and berated the soldier again.
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.^ LAMB: What was his rank when he slapped those soldiers?
^ General Patton was hospitalized following an automobile accident and died in Heidelberg, Germany, on 21 December 1945.- GEN George S. Patton, Jr. CG (1944-1945) - USARCENT/CFLCC 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www-ku.arcent.army.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I wrote the book because no one had shown how Patton's early life had shaped his career, had shaped the man who later became a general.
.^ They didn't know what a latrine was till I showed them.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Patton ordered them out of the hospital, stormed out and later said to Omar Bradley that he had just made men out of a couple of yellow bellies.
^ And one of the things I found, you know, as I went through this book, as I went through the research, was a tremendous interest in Patton by this young generation.
Kuhl, who later worked as a sweeper for
Bendix Corporation in Mishawaka, Indiana, added that Patton was "a great general" and added that "I think at the time it happened, he was pretty well worn out himself."
[22] Kuhl died on January 24, 1971.
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.^ Because many of Patton's friends and colleagues were in the military, there is a significant amount of material in the chronological correspondence that relates to military matters.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ That is the reason that Patton and Hodges and Bradley were able to move as rapidly as they did across the face of Europe.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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[24] .^ George S. Patton shares his family's home movies .- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ At the 19 December senior staff meeting at Verdun, Patton briefed Eisenhower, Bradley and other major Allied officers on his general plan of attack.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Also in a letter to Marshall, Eisenhower praised Pattons "native shrewdness about logisticsand as a truly aggressive commander with brains."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ The German High Command (OKW) determined Patton would lead the invasion force and his billeting in Southeastern England plus the combination of real and fake units added to the deception.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Many in the Allied high command were caught off guard when German forces smashed into the thinly held Ardennes sector on the morning of 16 December.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ CARLO D'ESTE: The two slapping incidents which took place toward the latter part of the Sicily campaign, I think, were the defining moments of Patton's military career.
[25] .^ Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Patton again faced the daunting task of training, leading, and sustaining combat forces in the field.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The German High Command (OKW) determined Patton would lead the invasion force and his billeting in Southeastern England plus the combination of real and fake units added to the deception.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Patton relished the breakout, pursuit, and attacking of German forces in August 1944.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Next is an analysis exploring how logistics influenced Pattons campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany; including examples of Pattons troops continually adapting logistically during these campaigns.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Patton sat in exile in Sicily for almost five months, you know, wondering if he was ever going to get another chance in the war.
Later, a stay in
Cairo was viewed as heralding an invasion through the
Balkans. German intelligence misinterpreted what happened and made faulty plans as a result.
.^ Your father gave me and my classmates entering the U. S. Army and Armor Branch on June 6th, 1973 our first piece of Armor Brass insigna at a luncheon hosted by him in the West Point Mess Hall.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
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^ This paper illustrates Pattons logistical experience before assuming command of the Third Army in 1944, examines how logistics successfully contributed to Third Armys 1944-45 campaigns, and suggests appropriate lessons for todays joint logistician.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ He also had a map that he prepared just before the Normandy campaign, in which he outlined all the places that he thought 3rd Army would go.
.^ CARLO D'ESTE: The two slapping incidents which took place toward the latter part of the Sicily campaign, I think, were the defining moments of Patton's military career.
^ His professional studies during his early career focused on the operational level of war"the movement, support, and sequential employment of large military formations in military campaigns."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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The Germans misallocated their forces as a result, and were slow to respond to the actual landings at Normandy.
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.^ I'll see you for dinner.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ My own father turned 100 on May 4th and I am hoping I will see him for his 101st in 2010 before he passes on to his glory.He is a well loved man and your article makes me realize my own mortality more than anything else,and this is good.It also makes me realize the courage and selflessness of your mother,a most important figure.Much love to you and all your family.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
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^ Three days ago, the crowds took off after my command car.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
The ploy appears to have worked as reports of overnight troop movements north from Normandy were detected by
Bletchley Park code decrypts.
Normandy
.^ Third Army forces were ready to get back on the move.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The German High Command (OKW) determined Patton would lead the invasion force and his billeting in Southeastern England plus the combination of real and fake units added to the deception.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ This paper illustrates Pattons logistical experience before assuming command of the Third Army in 1944, examines how logistics successfully contributed to Third Armys 1944-45 campaigns, and suggests appropriate lessons for todays joint logistician.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ He was eventually assigned to lead the Third Army, which led the breakout from Normandy in July--September 1944; after diverting his forces to relieve the Americans trapped in the Battle of the Bulge, he crossed the Rhine in March 1945 and advanced through the heart of Germany into Czechoslovakia.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Studying the operations of General George S. Patton and his Third United States Army during 1944-45 provides all members of the profession of armsespecially the joint logisticianvaluable lessons in the art and science of logistics during hostilities.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Patton relished the breakout, pursuit, and attacking of German forces in August 1944.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ With the First Army wheeling left to seal off the Ruhr pocket, Eisenhower directed the Third Army towards the "National Redoubt" in the Bavarian Alps to prevent possible Nazi guerilla attacks and then onto the partial occupation of Czechoslovakia.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Eisenhower for example, was chief of staff of General Kruegers [Third] Army in the South.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Engaging the panzer spearheads during the Battle of the Bulge, Patton combined dominant maneuver, precision engagement, and focused logistics to move his Third Army into position, attack, and exploit the Allied counterstroke.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ During both phases, the armored units were used more as roving "fire brigades" to stem opposing force attacks than in their intended roles.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Keeping pace to support Patton and Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges First Army, ADSEC moved forward three times in as many weeks.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ With the Rhine River just over 100 miles distant, Patton now had to halt his "cavalry," and watch his supplies and fuel dry up.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Civil War- 182nd Regt., 21st Cavalry.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton also pointed out to Secretary of War Stimson that his division covered "in some cases over 110 miles, every fighting vehicle in the division, except two tanks and a scout car, got to the place it was supposed to be in time to deliver the attack."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ This partition furthered strained resupply efforts within Third Army and the remainder of Allied Forces in France.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ After completing the Punitive Expedition, Pattons superior, the newly promoted Major General Pershing, left for France to assemble and train the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The official correspondence documents the planning of various combat operations, particularly for the Allied invasion of Sicily and D-Day planning for France and reflects Patton's varied duties as a commander.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
.^ William M. King of the 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division described the logistical situation during the breakout: .- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Sweet Dreams, and may the 94th Infantry Division, The Liberators, all get the recognition that they deserve.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ Tanks ridden hard since fighting began received long overdue maintenance; however, units such as the 4th Armored Division were continually kept in the line.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ He also had a map that he prepared just before the Normandy campaign, in which he outlined all the places that he thought 3rd Army would go.
^ He had just recently been relieved as the commander of the 3rd Army.
^ Only Patton knew something was afoot, and he knew the 3rd Army was likely going to get called on to help bail this out, because they were the only logical response.
.^ Patton's 3rd Army was in Lorraine.
^ The German High Command (OKW) determined Patton would lead the invasion force and his billeting in Southeastern England plus the combination of real and fake units added to the deception.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ D'ESTE: This is in southern Sicily in August, and that's the 1st Division -- in fact, that's the only known photograph that I've been able to locate which shows Patton actually making an apology.
.^ The German High Command (OKW) determined Patton would lead the invasion force and his billeting in Southeastern England plus the combination of real and fake units added to the deception.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ By analyzing Third Army operations and understanding Pattons style of fighting, the joint logistician has an impeccable "playbook" to combine with joint doctrine and ensure support to the warfighter.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ The 1941 maneuvers showcased Pattons effective use and movement of mechanized forces; exposure to large-scale logistical requirements during these games combined with his previous experiences from the First World War prepared him for his next assignment, commander of the I Armored Corps and the Desert Training Center.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Lorraine
.^ Tanks ran out of gas, so we had to fight it out.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Studying the operations of General George S. Patton and his Third United States Army during 1944-45 provides all members of the profession of armsespecially the joint logisticianvaluable lessons in the art and science of logistics during hostilities.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ In late August, over 1,000 aircraft delivered rations and fuel to Pattons forward elementsaverting a complete halt for a few more days.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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One explanation for this was that Patton's ambition was to conquer Germany, and refused to recognize that he was engaged in a secondary line of attack.
[27] .^ Keeping pace to support Patton and Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges First Army, ADSEC moved forward three times in as many weeks.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Major General John J. Pershing, Report of the Punitive Expedition (Headquarters Punitive Expedition, US Army in the Field, Colonia Dublan, Mexico: 1916), 61.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Third Army G-4 requested additional truck companies and aviation groups to increase medical evacuation and resupply efforts.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ By analyzing Third Army operations and understanding Pattons style of fighting, the joint logistician has an impeccable "playbook" to combine with joint doctrine and ensure support to the warfighter.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ As Patton continued focusing his main energies eastward towards Germany, Third Army quartermasters struggled to keep his spearheads fueled and supplied.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Continually plagued by fuel, munitions, and other supply shortages, Pattons logisticians pulled every rabbit out of the hat to sustain the troops.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ During August 1944, supply support for Major General Troy Middletons VIII Corps emphasized not only the adaptability and dedication of the quartermaster corps, but also the impending logistical difficulties Patton would face as he approached the German frontier.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ These initial efforts severely affected the training and establishment of air and ground forces early in the war.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Pattons army and logisticians would now "be responsible for a major effort to knife into the German southern flank."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Previously accustomed to tactically oriented operations in North Africa and Sicily, Patton now had to compete for logistics with other Allied armies and within the context of General Eisenhowers overall strategic plan.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Third Army G-4 requested additional truck companies and aviation groups to increase medical evacuation and resupply efforts.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ We're making rd Army operational when I take over th Army group.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
[28] .^ Third Army forces were ready to get back on the move.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Tables of Organization and Equipment had to be "fleshed out" according to priorities set at the highest levels of the Army and U. S. government.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ During the Lorraine campaign, Patton relied on his logisticians to maintain limited operations, but more importantly to stockpile resources for an eventual move into greater Germany.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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[29] .^ He was eventually assigned to lead the Third Army, which led the breakout from Normandy in July--September 1944; after diverting his forces to relieve the Americans trapped in the Battle of the Bulge, he crossed the Rhine in March 1945 and advanced through the heart of Germany into Czechoslovakia.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Described by Pattons superior, Bradley as "one of the most astonishing feats of generalship of our campaign in the West," 70 Third Armys swift attack hit the rear echelons of the still advancing panzer spearheads, further weakening the German attack and ultimately preparing the battlefield for an Allied counterattack in early 1945.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ So complete were Third Army Staff and quartermaster preparations that "within 36 hours of the initial crossing, a treadway and pontoon bridge had been erected, and by the 24th both the 26th Infantry and 6th Armored Divisions had crossed into the bridgehead area."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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Despite the victory, the Third Army stayed in place as a result of Eisenhower's order. Ironically, the Germans believed this was because their counterattack had been successful.
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.^ He launched a massive counteroffensive with two Panzer armies and an infantry army in an attempt to drive through an area where the Allies were very weak.
^ Anticipating an attack on 12 December, Patton directed "his Staff to make a study of what the Third Army would do if called upon to counterattack such a break-through."- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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^ Fortuitously, Pattons division was assigned to the Third Army and his troopers ran roughshod through the opposing forces.- Patton and Logistics of the Third Army: Lessons for Today's Joint Logistician 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.airpower.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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The major US and Allied advantages were in mobility and air superiority. The U.S. Army had a greater number of trucks, more reliable tanks, and better radio communications, which all contributed to a superior ability to operate at a high tempo.
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^ Sold first printing of 115 books in weeks and are planning a second printing.Book is dedicated to your sister Helen and all who served under General Patton in the Third Army.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
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[31] Third Army's attached close air support group was
XIX Tactical Air Command, commanded by Gen.
Otto P. Weyland. Developed originally by Gen.
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^ Now one of the achievements of this man was that as a second lieutenant of cavalry, barely out of West Point, here the Army appoints him the first-ever master of the sword.
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[32] In addition, because Patton's rapid drive resulted in a salient that was vulnerable to flanking attacks and getting trapped by the Germans, Weyland and Patton developed the concept of using intensive aerial armed reconnaissance to protect the flanks of this salient. Microwave Early Warning (MEW) radar, another technique pioneered by Quesada, was also used by XIX TAC to both cover against Luftwaffe attacks and to vector flights already in the air to new sites as an air traffic control radar.
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^ Sold first printing of 115 books in weeks and are planning a second printing.Book is dedicated to your sister Helen and all who served under General Patton in the Third Army.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
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^ That soldier you slapped did more to win the war than any other private.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Despite their success, however, Eisenhower had faith only in the traditional method of advancing across a broad front to avoid the problem of flanking attacks, which most accounts for the decisions to halt the Third Army.
The halt of the Third Army during the month of September was enough to allow the Germans to further fortify the fortress of Metz. In October and November, the Third Army was mired in a near-stalemate with the Germans, with heavy casualties on both sides.
.^ For the first time in this war, Broadway and Piccadillyjoin hands.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Since the Italians will be defending their native soil for the first time.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Battle of the Bulge
.^ He was eventually assigned to lead the Third Army, which led the breakout from Normandy in July--September 1944; after diverting his forces to relieve the Americans trapped in the Battle of the Bulge, he crossed the Rhine in March 1945 and advanced through the heart of Germany into Czechoslovakia.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ A map of Western Europe, marked by Patton in March 1944 prior to the development of campaign plans, illustrates with remarkable accuracy the projected route that the Third Army would take in its advance across France and Germany.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
On December 16, 1944, the German army massed 29 divisions (totaling some 250,000 men) at a weak point in the Allied lines and made massive headway towards the
Meuse River during one of the worst winters Europe had seen in years.
.^ On the morning of the 19th of December, 1944, Eisenhower summoned to a little French caserne at Verdun all of his senior Allied commanders, and the purpose of this meeting was to figure out what to do.
^ But the problem was that it cost Patton, in my opinion, the ground command for the Allied invasion of Europe.
^ And Patton said, "I can attack in 48 hours with three divisions," and Eisenhower just looked at him and he scoffed.
Thus, he was able to tell Eisenhower that his forces would be in position to counter-attack almost immediately.
.^ Patton ordered them out of the hospital, stormed out and later said to Omar Bradley that he had just made men out of a couple of yellow bellies.
^ And Patton said, "I can attack in 48 hours with three divisions," and Eisenhower just looked at him and he scoffed.
.^ The 1971 Academy Award winning film, Patton, starring George C. Scott in the title role stirred up interest in him once again.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
[4]
.^ In November, 1968, B Troop, again, had been chosen to hold off two divisions of North Vietnamese.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
.^ The Army was cut back from -- there were over several million, you know, during World War I, and the professional Army, the regular Army, was cut back to something under 100,000.
(John MacDonald, a management consultant specializing in operations and quality control, cites it as one of the greatest examples of
logistics, stating, "General Patton is extolled as one of the greatest battlefield commanders and motivators of military troops, yet probably his greatest military achievement, unsurpassed at the time, was the logistic repositioning, within twenty-four hours, of a whole army corps at the Battle of the Bulge."
[33]) By February, the Germans were in full retreat and Patton had pushed units into the
Saarland. Elements of the Third Army crossed the Rhine at
Oppenheim on March 22, 1945.
.^ A novel written by a German Jew about life of a Russian POW in a German Army camp deep inside the Russian Empire : The Case of Sergeant Grischa.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
Patton later reported it was the only mistake he made during WWII.
[34]
.^ And several of them went to Algiers to Eisenhower's headquarters, went to see Bedell Smith, who was chief of staff, and demanded that Patton be fired.
Patton's troops liberated
Pilsen, on May 6, 1945, and most of western
Bohemia.
June 1945 visit to California
.^ My dad once said that liberating France and the reception allied forces received was his most thrilling moment in life...he actually met Patton (the Third Army) and served in the Seventh http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Army/SeventhArmy.htm His most thrilling moment?- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ Patton left for North Africa as part of the secret Operation Torch invasion force in 1942 and again briefly just after the war, when my grandfather returned to the States for a War Bond tour featuring victory parades in Boston and Los Angeles.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
^ I met General Patton in 1971 when I was a second lieutenant in Germany serving as a safety officer on Vilseck's Range 80 tank qualification range.- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
- For General Patton's Family, Recovered Ground | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.smithsonianmag.com [Source type: General]
The next day, Patton and Doolittle toured the metropolitan Los Angeles area. Patton spoke in front of the
Burbank City Hall and at the
Rose Bowl in
Pasadena.
.^ Full Synopsis Biography: Barbara Stanwyck - Straight Down the Line She was the card shark in "The Lady Eve", and the sharpshooter in "Annie...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
He punctuated his speech with some of the same profanity that he had used with the troops. He spoke about conditions in Europe and the Russian allies to the adoring crowds.
.^ Full Synopsis Biography: Joan of Arc - Virgin Warrior One of the most famous European women of all time, Joan of Arc is the subject of...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
During this visit, Patton quietly donated an original copy of the 1935
Nuremberg Laws, which he had smuggled out of
Germany in violation of
JCS 1067, to the
Huntington Library, a world-class repository of historical original papers, books, and maps, in
San Marino. Patton instructed
physicist Robert Millikan, then the chairman of the board of trustees of the Huntington Library, to make no official record of the transaction, and to keep their possession of the materials secret during Patton's lifetime.
.^ Copyright in the unpublished writings of George S. Patton in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ A microfilm edition of a portion of these papers is available from the Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) Library of Congress > > Search Finding Aids (full view) .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
On June 26, 1999, Robert Skotheim, then the president of the Huntington Library, announced that the Library was to permanently lend the Nuremberg Laws to the
Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, where they are currently on display.
Accident and death
Patton's grave in Hamm, Luxembourg.
.^ The topical correspondence includes fan mail, inquiries on casualties, furloughs and discharges, the slapping incidents in Sicily, and Christmas and get-well letters sent to Patton after his automobile accident in December 1945.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
He and his chief of staff, Major General
Hobart R. "Hap" Gay, were on a day trip to hunt pheasants in the country outside
Mannheim.
.^ I am grateful we had a Patton, that we are on the right side (most of the time) and that our citizens fighting for what they know is right, show valor beyond the armies of wrong.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
At 11:45 near Neckarstadt (Mannheim-Käfertal), a 2½ ton GMC truck driven by Technical Sergeant Robert L. Thompson made a left turn in front of Patton's Cadillac. Patton's car hit the front of the truck, at a low speed.
At first the crash seemed minor, the vehicles were hardly damaged, no one in the truck was hurt, and Gay and Woodring were uninjured. However, Patton was leaning back with trouble breathing. The general had been thrown forward and his head struck a metal part of the partition between the front and back seats, incurring a cervical spinal cord injury. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was rushed to the military hospital in
Heidelberg.
.^ Death and funeral of Patton, 1945-1946 .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
Patton was buried at the
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in
Hamm, Luxembourg along with other members of the Third Army, as per Patton's request to "
be buried with my men."
[37] On March 19, 1947, his body was moved from the original grave site in the cemetery to its current prominent location at the head of his former troops.
.^ I have John Patton as a vestry man in Episcopal Church in Reading, PA on 27 May 1765, with his step-son Mark Bird.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
.^ Prominent topics featured in Patton's writings include the saber, the cavalry, mechanization, tanks, and tank tactics.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
.^ Papers in the Correspondence series, 1903-1945, include incoming and outgoing correspondence between Patton and his staff, commanders, government officials, friends, and the general public.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Chronological, official, and topical correspondence, with attached and appended material, between Patton and his staff, army officials, friends, acquaintances, and the general public.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Correspondence between Patton and family members with attachments and enclosures, genealogical material, printed matter, and miscellaneous papers relating to the family.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
Patton's car was repaired and used by other officers.
.^ Now I authorize John L Patton to receive it & also the next two installments- one due Dec 1823 the other due Dec.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
^ Description: An award-winning and highly praised biography of controversial World War II hero General George S. Patton.- Patton - Trailer | SPIKE 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]
^ Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the career and personal life of controversial General George S. Patton.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
Controversies and criticism
.^ That soldier you slapped did more to win the war than any other private.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Patton's problems with humor, his image, and the press
.^ The majority of the papers chronicle Patton's World War II service and his success as one of America's most skillful combat commanders of armored troops.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Full Synopsis Biography: Dwight D. Eisenhower - Commander in Chief Release: 1998 This edition of Biography, the long running documentary series from A&E,...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
Patton reportedly had the utmost respect for the men serving in his command but had no regard for men who had battle fatigue.
[38] The cartoonist
Bill Mauldin ridiculed Patton several times in his comics, prompting Patton to summon Sergeant Mauldin to his headquarters for a dressing-down. On the other hand, he was himself capable of the occasional blunt witticism: "The two most dangerous weapons the Germans have are our own armored
halftrack and
jeep.
.^ The people in our country now think, or is going to think in a very short time; that war is just a part of growing up..they will be so used to it..that it will be the norm.!!!- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
The jeep because we have so many God-awful drivers." During the
Battle of the Bulge, he famously remarked that the Allies should "let the sons-of-bitches [Germans] go all the way to Paris, then we'll cut 'em off and round 'em up!" He also suggested facetiously that his Third Army could "drive the British [his allies] back into the sea for another
Dunkirk."
[39]His remarks frequently ridiculed
General Montgomery and at times the Soviet
Red Army, contributing to inter-Allied discord. In the context of coalition warfare, these remarks were occasionally harmful.
.^ This wasn't a regular game, but practice, or a pick-up game that we used to have, all of the time.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ We got a new commanding general due today.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Full Synopsis Biography: General Omar Bradley Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ He hated Patton cordially, but admitted that he was a bold and inventive General, who got more out of his men than most did.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies .- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Full Synopsis Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War Part of the Biography television series from A&E, this documentary reviews the...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War .- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
Patton deliberately cultivated a flashy, distinctive image in the belief that this would motivate his troops. He was usually seen wearing a highly polished helmet, riding pants, and high cavalry boots. He carried flashy ivory-handled, nickel-plated revolvers as his most famous sidearms (a
Colt Single Action Army .45 "Peacemaker" and later also a
S&W Model 27 .357). His vehicles carried oversized rank insignia and loud sirens. His speech was riddled with profanities.
.^ Full Synopsis Biography: Humphrey Bogart - Behind the Legend Release: 2006 The name "Humphrey Bogart" conjures up images of the tough character who is the...- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
Patton received many eulogies from the reporters who had followed him, including a tribute from a UPI writer who wrote, "Gen. George S. Patton believed he was the greatest soldier who ever lived. He made himself believe he would never falter through doubt.
.^ Ordered to England to take command of Third United States Army in preparation for invasion of France .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Detailed as first member of American Tank Corps and attended French Tank School, Camplieu, France Organized American Tank School, Langres, France .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ They include information about American ground combat operations in the campaign for North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the liberation of France, and the final assault on Germany.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
[40]After the German surrender
.^ A staunch anticommunist, after the German surrender Patton argued for a combined Allied-German campaign against the Soviet Union.- Biography: General George Patton - A Genius for War - Synopsis - MSN Movies 23 January 2010 11:32 UTC movies.msn.com [Source type: General]
^ Commanded Western Task Force during Allied landings and subsequent campaign in North Africa Transferred to command of United States II Corps .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ The United States Department of the Army's two reels of microfilm containing Patton's personnel file and the microfilm of the scrapbooks on seven reels are not available for interlibrary loan.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
.^ This Veterans Day is a fine time to visit Soapbox Alert and help urge formal recognition for some WWII soldiers who liberated a prison camp.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ United States Department of the Army records .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Ordered to England to take command of Third United States Army in preparation for invasion of France .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Army--History--Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 United States Military Academy Subjects: .- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
In this regard, he told then-Undersecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson that the "point system" being used to demobilize Third Army troops was destroying it and creating a vacuum that the Soviets would exploit. "Mr. Secretary, for God’s sake, when you go home, stop this point system; stop breaking up these armies," pleaded the general.
.^ We tell them how noble the will of our vets are to keep us free and what principle forces us to defend what cause.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
This is the only language they understand."
.^ Ask him if he wants me to give it back.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A map of Western Europe, marked by Patton in March 1944 prior to the development of campaign plans, illustrates with remarkable accuracy the projected route that the Third Army would take in its advance across France and Germany.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ Would you endorse the very strategies that might roll back these veterans sacrifices?- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
Warn them that if they fail to do so, we will push them back across it."
[41]
.^ All I want to do is to command an army in combat.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Most of the series relate to Patton's personal and military activities and his leadership in the development and tactical use of the tank as a combat weapon.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
^ The bulk of the series illustrates Patton's duties while a combat commander from 1942 to 1945.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
.^ Speeches made by Patton to his troops during World War II were originally filed in the Military Papers, and this order has been retained.- George S. Patton: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (full view) 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC lcweb2.loc.gov [Source type: Reference]
Various explanations beyond his disappointments have been proposed for Patton's behavior at this point.
Carlo D'Este, in
Patton: A Genius for War, writes that "it seems virtually inevitable ... that Patton experienced some type of brain damage from too many head injuries" from a lifetime of numerous auto- and horse-related accidents, especially one suffered while playing
polo in 1936.
[4]
Many of the controversial opinions he expressed were common (if not exactly popular) at the time and his outspoken opposition to post-surrender
denazification is still widely debated today. Many still laud his generous treatment of his former German enemies and his early recognition of the Soviet threat, while detractors say his protests reflect the views of a bigoted elitist. Whatever the cause, Patton found himself once again in trouble with his superiors and the American people. While speaking to a group of reporters, he compared the
Nazis to losers in American political elections, and that being a
Nazi in
Germany was, "like being a Democrat in the States." Patton was soon relieved of command of Third Army and transferred to the Fifteenth Army, a paper command preparing a history of the war.
Attitudes on race and nationality
Considering the period, Patton's attitude toward minorities was neither negative nor positive. His attitudes were varied depending on time and circumstance, with military necessity being of particular importance.
.^ They'll do it because they're good soldiers.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The very few young soldiers that have parents, in the Congress, or the Senate, are very few....lets see one of the Obama kids on the front line...the front line when they are old enough to go...that should be an obligation to go to war...if we are good enough to die.......- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ Obama gave a good speech today and he says he will never let vets come home to the words they suffered during the sixties and seventies.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
[42]
.^ It's not like if you don't allow gay people to get married, they will make more babies than if you do allow them to get married.- Portugal parliament approves of gay marriage - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: General]
^ We don't quite know for sure why these animals perform homosexuality, and there probably is more than one reason for it, but that's besides the point I was trying to make. The point is that these animals perform their actions on instinct, not choices.- Portugal parliament approves of gay marriage - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: General]
^ I don't think you can make a solid argument that homosexuality is more important than heterosexuality...- Portugal parliament approves of gay marriage - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: General]
He can be a nigger or a Jew, but if he has the stuff and does his duty, he can have anything I've got. By God! I love him."
[43][44]
Later, Patton addressed a group of African-American tankers, saying:
Men, you're the first Negro tankers to ever fight in the American Army. I would never have asked for you if you weren't good. I have nothing but the best in my Army. I don't care what color you are as long as you go up there and kill those Kraut sons of bitches. Everyone has their eyes on you and is expecting great things from you.
.^ A really most profound way to celebrate the day- wished you all could have heard the conversation.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ Looks like you boys have hitched your wagon to a falling star.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I posted your site on Carols blog...and some others,,,and forwarded all info on to others, and asked them to do the same.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ Thanks max, you don't need to leave, let''s just move on to something else.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
[45]
Patton also insisted on the assignment of some black officers as judges in military tribunals involving black defendants,
[43] and he spent more time with his African-American aide, Sergeant Meeks, than with nearly anyone else while in Europe,
[43] developing a relationship of mutual respect that transcended that of a general with his valet.
.^ He hated Patton cordially, but admitted that he was a bold and inventive General, who got more out of his men than most did.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
[43].^ Kirk and Kerry in obtaining Liberator Status for Patton's Army, the 94th Infantry Division.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ I am grateful we had a Patton, that we are on the right side (most of the time) and that our citizens fighting for what they know is right, show valor beyond the armies of wrong.- CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix - Remembering Patton's Liberators 14 January 2010 7:37 UTC blogs.cqpolitics.com [Source type: General]
He ordered American troops to round up the approximately 2,000 local Germans and march them through the camps. He wanted them to see the atrocities firsthand.
Though many of his attitudes were common in his day, as with all of his opinions, he was often exceptionally blunt in his expression of them. He once wrote:
The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinese or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them.
.^ How would a species even survive, if they all murdered each other?- Portugal parliament approves of gay marriage - Religion & Politics - General Discussion - MMORPG.com Forums 11 January 2010 2:02 UTC www.mmorpg.com [Source type: General]
^ To son John all my houses lots that lays on the N.W. side of a road to be laid out called the State road from Phila.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
[46]
After reading the
Koran and observing North Africans, he wrote to his wife, "Just finished reading the Koran—a good book and interesting." Patton had a keen eye for native customs and methods, wrote knowingly of local architecture, even rated the progress of word-of-mouth rumor in Arab country at 40–60 miles a day. In spite of his regard for the Koran, he concluded, "To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. . . . Here, I think, is a text for some eloquent sermon on the virtues of Christianity" (both Patton and Halsey were Episcopalians).
[47][48]Task Force Baum
.^ C:371.Robert Patton, Manheim Twp., dated 16 March 1776, probated 9 April 1776.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
) behind enemy lines to liberate a
prisoner of war camp.
.^ Thos McGuire on behalf of his wife Mary and son John, for whom he is guardian, for inheritance from decd father-in-law John PATTON who left a legacy to wife Mary and son John, also to executors of Robert PATTON decd his said wifes brother.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
^ Westmoreland Co Pa a sum of money was by John Patton devised to me which is payable in annual installments and one sd installment was due Dec last year.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
^ Dau Mary was marr to Andrew Patton, with son John 7.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
The raid was an utter fiasco. Only 35 men made it back; the rest were either killed or captured, and all 57 vehicles were lost. Waters himself was shot and had to be left at the camp. When Eisenhower learned of the secret mission, he was furious.
Relations with Eisenhower
Patton (seated, second from left) and Eisenhower (seated, middle) with other American military officials, 1945.
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When Patton and Eisenhower met in the mid 1920s, Patton was six years Eisenhower’s senior in the Army and Eisenhower saw Patton as a leading mind in tank warfare.
.^ Thus the Whitehill family had a very close tie to the Pattons.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
In 1938, Patton was promoted to full colonel and Eisenhower, then still a lieutenant colonel, openly admitted that he saw Patton as a friend, superior officer, and mentor.
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In 1940, Lt. Col. Eisenhower petitioned Brigadier General Patton, offering to serve under the tank corps commander. Patton accepted readily, stating that he would like nothing better than for Eisenhower to be placed under his command.
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In 1941, after five years as a relatively unknown lieutenant colonel, Eisenhower was promoted to colonel and then again to brigadier general in just 6 months time. Patton was still senior to Eisenhower in the
Regular Army, but this was soon not the case in the growing conscript army (known as the
Army of the United States). In 1942, Eisenhower was promoted to major general and, just a few months later, to lieutenant general—outranking Patton for the first time. When the Allies announced the invasion of
North Africa, Major General Patton suddenly found himself under the command of his former subordinate, now one star his superior.
In 1943, Patton became a lieutenant general one month after Eisenhower was promoted to full (four-star) general. Patton was unusually reserved in never publicly commenting on Eisenhower's rapid rise. Patton also reassured Eisenhower that the two men’s professional relationship was unaffected. Privately however, Patton was often quick to remind Eisenhower that his permanent rank in the Regular Army, then still a one-star brigadier general, was lower than Patton’s Regular Army commission as a two-star major general.
When Patton came under criticism for the "Sicily slapping incident" (see
above), Eisenhower met privately with Patton and reprimanded him.
Eisenhower is also credited with giving Patton a command in France, after other powers in the Army had relegated Patton to various unimportant duties in England. It was in France that Patton found himself in the company of another former subordinate,
Omar Bradley, who had also become his superior. As with Eisenhower, Patton behaved with professionalism and served under Bradley with distinction.
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Patton was relieved of duty after openly revolting against the punitive occupation directive
JCS 1067.
[49] His view of the war was that with
Hitler gone, the German army could be rebuilt into an ally in a potential war against the Russians, whom Patton notoriously despised and considered a greater menace than the Germans.
.^ British th Army meet in an Allied victory celebration...- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Eisenhower had at last had enough, relieving Patton of all duties and ordering his return to the United States. When Patton openly accused Eisenhower of caring more about a political career than his military duties, their friendship effectively came to an end.
In addition, Patton was highly critical of the victorious Allies use of German
forced labor. He commented in his diary "I’m also opposed to sending PW’s to work as slaves in foreign lands (in particular, to France) where many will be starved to death." He also noted "It is amusing to recall that we fought the revolution in defence of the rights of man and the civil war to abolish slavery and have now gone back on both principles."
[50] (See also
Rheinwiesenlager).
Bradley himself had been asked by Eisenhower to rank all the generals in December 1945, and he ranked them as follows: Bedell Smith #1, Spaatz #2,
Courtney Hodges #3,
Elwood Quesada #4, Truscott #5, and Patton #6 (others were also ranked)
[51]However, Patton was a ground commander.
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Eisenhower's and Bradley's rankings probably included factors other than Patton's success as a battle leader.
.^ The rd Army will swing around here, a sweeping end run right across France.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They should pivot the way von Schlieffen planned it in World War I. Then we might get a chance to do some real broken field running.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Rank comparison to Eisenhower
| Rank |
Patton |
Eisenhower |
Component |
|
| Second Lieutenant |
June 11, 1909 |
June 12, 1915 |
United States Army |
| First Lieutenant |
May 23, 1916 |
July 1, 1916 |
United States Army |
| Captain |
May 15, 1917 |
May 15, 1917 |
United States Army |
| Major |
January 26, 1918 |
June 17, 1918 |
National Army |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
March 30, 1918 |
October 14, 1918 |
National Army |
| Colonel |
October 17, 1918 |
N/A |
National Army |
| Captain (Peacetime reversion) |
June 30, 1920 |
June 30, 1920 |
Regular Army |
| Major |
July 1, 1920 |
July 2, 1920 |
Regular Army |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
March 1, 1934 |
July 1, 1936 |
Regular Army |
| Colonel |
July 1, 1938 |
March 11, 1941 |
Regular Army |
| Brigadier General |
October 1, 1940 |
September 29, 1941 |
Army of the United States |
| Major General |
April 4, 1941 |
March 27, 1942 |
Army of the United States |
| Lieutenant General |
March 12, 1943 |
July 7, 1942 |
Army of the United States |
| Brigadier General |
August 16, 1944[52] |
N/A |
Regular Army |
| Major General |
August 16, 1944[53] |
N/A |
Regular Army |
| General |
April 14, 1945 |
February 11, 1943 |
Army of the United States |
| General of the Army |
N/A |
December 20, 1944 |
Army of the United States |
Patton, the film
Main article:
Patton (film)Patton was the focus of the epic 1970
Academy Award-winning film
Patton, with the titular role played by
George C. Scott in an iconic, Academy Award winning performance. Patton has come to symbolize a warrior's ferocity and aggressiveness as a result of the movie and Scott's now-famous opening monologue in front of a gigantic American flag, which is based on portions of speeches that Patton made at different times (including
Patton's Speech to the Third Army, made to troops shortly before the Normandy invasion). Historians have stated that the movie's accuracy could be tinged with some bias, noting the heavy influence of
Omar Bradley as senior military advisor and writer. Bradley, played in the movie by
Karl Malden, had a tumultuous and antagonistic relationship with Patton. However, some see the movie's treatment of Patton as
hagiographic.
.^ Left wife Elizabeth and seven children including Jane who married Robert Patton; Hannah m.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
Other historians have praised the film for its generally accurate and balanced portrayal of Patton as a complex and capable leader.
Legacy
General George S. Patton statue
Ettelbruck / Luxembourg 2007
- General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- A museum dedicated to Patton, and his efforts training thousands of soldiers for African desert combat, is located at the site of the Desert Training Center in Chiriaco Summit, California. A statue of Patton can be seen from nearby Interstate 10. [1]
- Two active United States Army installations are named in memory of General Patton. Patton Barracks in Heidelberg, Germany houses the headquarters for the United States Army Garrison Heidelberg.
- Patton Army Air Field, located on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, provides rotary-wing aviation support for Army units in southern Kuwait.
- Patton United States Army Reserve Center, in Bell, California is named for General Patton.
- Patton Hall, located in Fort Riley, Kansas, houses much of the Judge-Advocate General (JAG) Corps at the base.
- Patton Junior High School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is named for him.[54]
- The Patton series of tanks is named for him.[55]
.^ Betsy was md to Robert Hamelton with son Samuel (Note the four grandsons named John Patton!- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
[56]
.^ I have John Patton as a vestry man in Episcopal Church in Reading, PA on 27 May 1765, with his step-son Mark Bird.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
^ John Gibson et ux to George Henry, tract on Sandy Cr bounded east by John PATTON, west by Chas Gibson, s by D Kilgore.- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
He is shown in a tank fighting a dragon festooned with swastikas. The lettering in the window reads "I fought a good fight."[citation needed]
- Hamilton, Massachusetts, where Patton's summer home was located, dedicated its central park to Patton, boasting a World War II–era tank in the center of town, and the town's school sports teams play under the name "Generals." In addition, the French government gave two statues to the town commemorating Patton's service to their nation. .
- Patton was named the class exemplar for the United States Air Force Academy's class of 2005, the only non-aviator to receive this honor.
- A street in Arlon in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium, is named for General Patton, and a street in the comune of Ixelles, in Brussels.
- Patton wrote much material, including speeches, lectures, and poetry.^ It is possible I missed a few names as there were thousands of names each year so I only checked twps where Pattons were known to live.
- Patton records in Pennsylvania prior to 1850 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC genforum.genealogy.com [Source type: General]
Incorporating the biblical phrase "Through a Glass, Darkly" he composed a poem imbued with his personal interpretations of reincarnation:[57][58]
Through the travail of the ages,
Midst the pomp and toil of war,
Have I fought and strove and perished
Countless times upon this star
...
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.
...
So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more
Awards and decorations
United States awards
Foreign and international awards
Dates of rank
| No pin insignia for 2nd Lts. in 1909 |
Second Lieutenant, Regular Army: June 11, 1909 |
|
|
First Lieutenant, Regular Army: May 23, 1916 |
|
|
Captain, Regular Army: May 15, 1917 |
|
|
Major, National Army: January 26, 1918 |
|
|
Lieutenant Colonel, National Army: March 30, 1918 |
|
|
Colonel, National Army: October 17, 1918 |
|
|
Reverted to permanent rank of Captain, Regular Army: June 30, 1920 |
|
|
Major, Regular Army: July 1, 1920 |
|
|
Lieutenant Colonel, Regular Army: March 1, 1934 |
|
|
Colonel, Regular Army: July 1, 1938 |
|
|
Brigadier General, Army of the United States: October 2, 1940 |
|
|
Major General, Army of the United States: April 4, 1941 |
|
|
Lieutenant General, Army of the United States: March 12, 1943 |
|
|
Brigadier General, Regular Army: August 16, 1944[52] |
|
|
Major General, Regular Army: August 16, 1944[53] |
|
|
General, Army of the United States: April 14, 1945 |
See also
References
Bibliography
Primary sources
.^ General George S. Patton, Jr., has accepted our invitation.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.
Patton's photographs: War as he saw it, edited by Kevin Hymel. Potomac Books,
ISBN 1-57488-871-4 (2006) (Hard Cover);
ISBN 1-57488-872-2 (2006) (Soft Cover; Alkali Paper).
Blumenson, Martin, The Patton Papers. Vol. 1, 1885–1940,
ISBN 0-395-12706-8 (Hard Cover) Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972. 996 pp.
ISBN 0-306-80717-3 (Soft Cover; Alkali Paper) Da Capo Press; 1998; 996 pp.
Blumenson, Martin, The Patton Papers: Vol. 2, 1940–1945,
ISBN 0-395-18498-3 (Hard Cover); Houghton Mifflin, 1974. 889 pp.
ISBN 0-306-80717-3 (Soft Cover; Alkali Paper); Da Capo Press, 1996. 889 pp.
Patton, Robert H., The Pattons: A Personal History of An American Family,
ISBN 1-57488-127-2 (Soft Cover); Crown Publishers (1994); Brassey's (1996) 320 pp.
Platt, Anthony M. with O'Leary, Cecilia E., Bloodlines: Recovering Hitler's Nuremberg Laws, From Patton's Trophy To Public Memorial,
ISBN 1-59451-140-3 (paperback); Paradigm Publishers, 2006. 268 pp.
Secondary sources
.^ They should pivot the way von Schlieffen planned it in World War I. Then we might get a chance to do some real broken field running.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ You plan on slapping any soldiers there, general?- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ You mean command of all American troops going into Europe?- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
^ General George S. Patton, Jr., has accepted our invitation.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Patton's March 1945 was made famous by the movie, which sanitized it.
.^ I understand you have two cases of self-inflicted wounds.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
The basic message was "shoot and keep shooting."
Reit, Seymour, Masquerade: The Amazing Camouflage Deceptions of World War II, Hawthorn Press, 1978. ISBN 0-8015-4931-0.
Rickard, John Nelson, Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, September to December 1944, Praeger, 1999.
Dennis Showalter, Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century (2005). .
Smith, David Andrew, George S. Patton: A Biography, Greenwood, 2003.
Sobel, Brian, The Fighting Pattons, ISBN 0-440-23572-2 (Soft Cover) Dell Publishing, 1997; Praeger Publishers Reprint, July, 2000.
Spires, David N., Patton's Air Force: Forging a Legendary Air-Ground Team, Smithsonian Inst.^ PATTON: When I complained about air cover.- Patton Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or George C. Scott movie 25 January 2010 1:18 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Pr., 2002.
von Mellenthin, F.W., Panzer Battles, Ballantine, 1971, first published by the University of Oklahoma Press, 1956 ISBN 0345321588
Brenton G. Wallace, Patton & His Third Army ISBN 0-8117-2896-X
Russell F. Weigley, Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany 1944–1945, (1990)
Wilson, Dale Eldred, 'Treat 'Em Rough'! The United States Army Tank Corps in the First World War; Temple U. Press (1990).
Zaloga, Steven, Armored Thunderbolt, Stackpole, 2008, ISBN 9780811704243
Notes
- ^ Wilson, Dale. The American Expeditionary Forces Tank Corps in World War I: From Creation to Combat. http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=A192722&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. p. 19
- ^ Biography of General George S. Patton, Jr.. generalpatton.com. http://www.generalpatton.com/biography.html. Retrieved April 9, 2009. p. 2
- ^ Biography of General Hugh Mercer
- ^ a b c d D'Este, Carlo (1995). Patton: A Genius for War. New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 58, 131. ISBN 0060927623.
- ^ Blumenson, Martin (1972). The Patton Papers: 1885–1940. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 231–234. ISBN 0-395-12706-8.
- ^ The Form and Use of the Saber. George S. Patton 1913
- ^ 8th Cavalry Regiment - Early History
- ^ Cardena's Family Saw Him Die at Bay; Shot Four Times, Villa Captain Fought Before Mother, Wife, and Daughter, New York Times, 1916-05-23 at 5.
- ^ Blumenson, Martin (1972). The Patton Papers: 1885–1940. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 480–483. ISBN 0-395-12706-8.
- ^ Blumenson, Martin (1972). The Patton Papers: 1885–1940. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 552–553. ISBN 0-395-12706-8.
- ^ Blumenson, Martin (1972). The Patton Papers: 1885–1940. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 661–670, 706–708,764–766. ISBN 0-395-12706-8.
- ^ Spark Gap Autumn 1998 Vol 9 No 2
- ^ "Man Under a Star," Time. March 29, 2943.
- ^ Lande, D (2002). I Was with Patton: First-Person Accounts of WWII in George S. Patton's Command. St. Paul, MN: MBI. p. 6.
- ^ Botting p. 355
- ^ "Private Wrote Family About Being Cuffed," The Port Arthur News, November 24, 1943, p6
- ^ "Reprimand for Patton is Denied," The Fresno Bee, November 22, 1943, p1
- ^ Farago, Ladislas Patton: Ordeal and Triumph
- ^ Hirshson, Stanley P. (2003). General Patton: A Soldier's Life. Harper Perennial. ISBN 0060009837.
- ^ "Patton Regrets Slapping Soldier," San Antonio Light, November 23, 1943, p1
- ^ Id. at p.8
- ^ "Gen. Patton Slap Haunts Former GI," Charleston Daily Mail, March 25, 1970, p12
- ^ "GI Slapped by Gen. Patton in Sicily Is Dead," The Cedar Rapids Gazette, February 2, 1971, p7.
- ^ Port Arthur News, 11/24/43, Id.
- ^ Speech of Bejamin Patton, "Patton"
- ^ Seymour Reit, Masquerade: The Amazing Camouflage Deceptions of Worlds War II (1978), pp. 38-40, 42, 47, 174.
- ^ Berragan, GW (2003). "Higher command and staff course staff ride paper: Who should bear primary responsibility for the culmination of Patton's US third army on the Moselle in 1944? Are there lessons for contemporary campaign planning?" (pdf). Defence Studies 3 (3): 161-72. doi:10.1080/14702430308405084. http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/968108__783082827.pdf.
- ^ Eisenhower. Stephen Ambrose, pg. 162-164
- ^ Zaloga 2008 Armored Thunderbolt p. 184-193
- ^ von Mellenthin 1971, p. 381-382
- ^ Gooderson 1998, p. 44
- ^ Gooderson 1998, p.85
- ^ John MacDonald, (1999). But we are different...Quality for the Service Sector. Management Books, Oxfordshire UK. ISBN 1-85252-123-6
- ^ Patton (Ordeal and Triumph) by Ladislas Farago, 1964, p. 790. (Originally from Patton’s personal Journal, published posthumously in the Saturday Evening Post in August 1949)
- ^ "Why Eisenhower's Forces Stopped at the Elbe", Forrest C. Pogue, World Politics, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Apr., 1952), pp. 356-368,(article consists of 13 pages), Published by: Cambridge University Press, URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2009127
- ^ Province, Charles M. The Unknown Patton. CMP Publications, 2002. p16.
- ^ American Battle Monuments Commission
- ^ "The Day of Battle" Rick Atkinson pp. 148 Atkinson's citation from "The Patton Story: He Slapped, He Raged, He Sobbed in Anger," Cincinnati Post, February 28, 1947, 26, from McCormick Research Center, First Division Museum, Cantigny, Ill.
- ^ Evans, Colin (2001). Great feuds in history: ten of the liveliest disputes ever. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 151–168. ISBN 0471380385.
- ^ Virgil Pinkley, "Gen. George Patton Believed Himself Greatest Soldier'; Entire Army Felt Same Way," reprinted in Nevada State Journal, December 23, 1945, p15.
- ^ Robert Wilcox, Target Patton, Regnery, New York, 2008, p. 112.
- ^ Patton. War As I Knew It. p.60
- ^ a b c d e f Victor Davis Hanson (2004-03-29). "The Claremont Institute—Footnotes to Greatness". Claremont Review of Books (Spring 2004). http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.935/article_detail.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ Stanley P. Hirshson (2003). General Patton: A Soldier's Life. pp. 864 pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=xOLMGBKbjGUC&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=%22He+can+be+a+nigger+or+a+Jew%22&source=web&ots=hsvHwINM1J&sig=mnupL1toHkxlpK-r47GDvG5jag0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ Wilson, Joe W. The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II". Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1999. p53.
- ^ The Unknown Patton Chapter Ten (The Patton Philosophy)
- ^ "The General and the Admiral". Time magazine. November 10, 1947. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793941-2,00.html.
- ^ Patton. War As I Knew It. p.49
- ^ Walter L. Dorn "The Debate Over American Occupation Policy in Germany in 1944–1945" Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 4. (December, 1957), pp. 481–501.
- ^ John Dietrich. The Morgenthau Plan: Soviet Influence on American Postwar Policy (2002) pg. 127
- ^ from the Papers of David Eisenhower and Omar Bradley as quoted by Russell F. Weigley in his book Eisenhower's Lieutenants, 1981. p758.
- ^ a b Official Date Of Rank of 1943-09-01
- ^ a b Official Date Of Rank of 1943-09-02
- ^ Fort Leavenworth USD 207
- ^ Hunnicutt
- ^ Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Chapter website Accessed December 28, 2008
- ^ Patton, George S.. "Through a Glass, Darkly". CMG Worldwide and the Estate of General George S. Patton, Jr. http://www.generalpatton.com/poem.html.
- ^ "A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress". Library of Congress. pp. Box 74 Poetry. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?faid/faid:@field(DOCID+ms000001).
- ^ United States Coast Guard
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