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His grandfather, Colonel George Smith Patton, was killed at Winchester in 1864. Patton grew up on those stories, memorised classical texts by oral repetition...
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His grandfather, Colonel George Smith Patton, was killed at Winchester in 1864. Patton grew up on those stories, memorised classical texts by oral repetition...
Before El Guettar he read Rommel's own book, Infantry Attacks. As a young cavalry officer he studied Roman sword technique, concluded the point killed...
"I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history," Patton wrote near the end of his life — and then the...
"You're never beaten until you admit it." George S. Patton said it, and Sicily is where it was tested — two slapped soldiers in...
"You must be single-minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided." General George S. Patton said that, and he meant it...
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing," Patton said, and then the war ended and he did not get to. On 9...
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." General George S. Patton...
Adopted January 9, 1936 and retired in 1958, the M1 Garand armed American infantry through World War II and Korea. Over 5,500,000 were built...
The surrender condition was tanks, for honor's sake; the defense that followed had no precedent — GIs, surrendered Germans, and Cossacks throwing back the...
The record preserves the letter of reprimand, the apologies, the broadcast, and the speech, in that order — and nothing in the documents announces...