“You know, I think those stars would better on a green shirt. Did I ever tell you about the time I designed a uniform for tank crewmen? It was, uh, green leather, had red stripes, and sort of, uh, a row of brass buttons down across here, and topped off by a gold football helmet.”
[laughs]
“Patton: The Army rejected it, of course. Goddamn, it was beautiful.”
Oh, and the good general is rolling over in his grave about the idea of women in combat.
During WWII, at least one tank battalion of the Soviet Army was commanded by a woman Lt.Col. The battalion was equipped with Sherman tanks.