George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- San Gabriel
- Educated at
- United States Military AcademyUnited States Army War CollegeVirginia Military InstituteUnited States Army Command and General Staff CollegeDouglass High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Purple Heart🏆 Order of Adolphe of Nassau🏆 Distinguished Service Cross
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the …"
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
"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…"
"Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate, because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy."
"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The short…"
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Timeline
1885
Born
Birth1945
Died
Death
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