My father was with Patton’s Third Army in Europe...
I noticed when I was a child, he never talked about the war...I wondered why...
After Vietnam, I know why...
Best wishes to you also...:^)
My father third army. I took him too see Patton. The first and last time he was in a movie theatre in about 60 years. He said it was true as much as he knew. never saw. him in person. He felt Patton was killed because of his opposition to the USSR. He didn’t feel the impact of Patton personally, he just wanted them to gobble up as much land as possible and get to Berlin. It was obvious the Germans were not going to surrender in France. He scouted the Battle of the Bulge. got shot in the nose dragging a wounded Lt through a trench and stayed in action. He was running away (he was slight and lean and an athlete and used to forests of southern WV and the small mountains. He was running to get away from three Germans rather than get in a fire fight. He heard a few bullets close to him and when he got away he saw a hole in his pants leg but nothing in his skin.