"WWII made George Patton a hero, but the ‘Great War’" Topic
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Tango01 | 19 Nov 2018 12:57 p.m. PST |
…. made him a commander. "Army officer George S. Patton Jr. was pinned down by German machine gun fire. His tanks were scattered, and many of his men had been hit. Armed only with his revolver, he was afraid to go forward but knew he couldn't go back. Trembling, and fighting the urge to run, he looked up and seemed to see his warrior ancestors watching from the clouds. Suddenly calm, he realized he was about to give his life, like his Patton kin in the Civil War. He rose, made for the enemy lines and was felled by a machine gun bullet…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Legion 4 | 22 Nov 2018 9:32 a.m. PST |
Many of the "famous" WWII leaders got their "start", in WWI. E.g. Patton, MacArthur, Rommel, Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini, Goring, etc. But surprisingly Ike never saw combat in WWI. |
Tango01 | 22 Nov 2018 3:11 p.m. PST |
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