Posted on 05/17/2021 11:43:06 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
” It was a freak accident he died even if it was intentional”
It wasn’t intentional. That accident would have been impossible to plan. No one would have know Patton would be on that road. And the young soldier who was Patton’s driver virtually worshipped the ground he walked on.
The trip that Patton was on that day was a last minute idea of his pal General Hobart Gay, who had noticed that Patton had been moping around since the war’s end and Gay thought that some bird hunting might cheer Patton up.
A dog that they were taking along was riding in an open jeep and dog lover Patton thought it looked cold and took pity on it. Patton gave his front seat spot to the dog and joined General Gay in the back.
The collision was a low speed affair. An Army truck turned left in front of the staff car. The Cadillac was barely damaged. But this was the era of no seat belts and Patton was tossed against a partition separating the front seats from the rear compartment, breaking his neck and paralyzing him. He was the only one injured.
Patton survived in the hospital for something like a month. Pneumonia or heart failure is what finally did him in.
Never get in the way of a conspiracy theory unless you want to get run over. They don’t brake for pedestrians.
Great Disney movie - back when they knew how to make great movies:
You really think Ike had him wacked?
I do. Either directly or tacitly.
Photo of sad occasion....
More proof dogs are great.
Indeed they are..Rotts are outside
Taco Bell dog is sleeping tween me and Rib
Older I get more I like dogs and I’ve always liked dogs
My last Rott fore these.....on my homepage....Beckett ...got car killed five hears ago in December.....only time my adult life I’ve sobbed....we all did
My teen boys buried him....i couldn’t do it..
My daily companion for five years....just like the chihuahua is now....but completely different dog experience...I’ve never had a girl dog and utterly dependent on me
Girl dogs are like.....girls ....personality wise....so weird ....I treat her deferentially
Your stories of loving the dogs in your life....
I knew you were a softy underneath the usual tough FReeper exterior. Enjoy your life of going to the dogs-—for fun.
My dad served under Patton in North Africa. His opinion of the General was somewhat different.
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Yup that’s it.
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