Right now I’m watching it and what I find interesting is they both have similar facial features to me. LOL Going to finish this very interesting.
I have 3 books on Patton. One is his diary, another is by one of his officer friends who like Patton, enjoyed shooting. The third one was be Ladislos Farago which is the book the movie was made from.
Patton came from a line of soldiers. Both his grandfathers were Confederate Generals, tho some think one was just a colonel. He grew up in California listening to Civil war stories at the feet of the Grey Ghost, John Singleton Mosby. Mosby was the most successful partisan Ranger of the war. We would probably call him a guerilla fighter.
Patton trained at West Point and VMI. He was probably the one man best prepared to lead men in was with the possible exception of McArthur.
Man, I love Patton. Too bad the political elites killed him.
His duty station was to be Hawaii. He bought a sailboat, taught himself how to sail and navigate by the stars, while he and his family sailed to Hawaii.
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Thank you for that link. I thoroughly enjoyed watching that.
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Thank you very much for this post.
Thank you for posting this.
I worked for Congressman Lawrence Patton McDonald and his middle name came from Patton. McDonald was killed by the Soviets when his 747 flight KAL 007 was shot down in September of 1983.
Today one of my sons is named Lawrence McDonald after the Congressman. Both McDonald and Patton were very outspoken and were brave enough to tell the truth.
You had me at “hello” ;)
Positively spooky during closeups of his face..the features and the eyes are virtually identical. When they had a group photo when he was young, I could pick him out immediately by searching for Trump’s face...
Paraphrasing RR: It would do America nothing but good to have a General/President who’s so bold he’s dangerous. Or in the words of GP/DT: Grab ‘em by the nose and kick them in the ass!
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Thanks for posting it...I very much enjoyed watching it.