God bless him, and the old General, too. What a colorful family.
And he gets extra stars in my book for dropping the III once his father and grandfather were gone. Except for kings and popes, the numbers are supposed to be temporary, only to distinguish among *living* holders of the same name.
The rumor around Ft. Knox when the movie, "Patton" came out was that the family would not cooperate with any studio until after Colonel Patton was selected for BG. If true, I always thought that was a classy move. They didn't want it to be said that the movie helped him get a star.
Gen. George S. Patton visited the University of Vermont in 1972 as a speaker to the campus ROTC cadets. These were tough times in this country particularly for us military types. The General was magnificent in every respect. He was very real in those surrealistic times. Inspiring.