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.
A fascinating man.
He had an overabundance of everything.
Anger. Fear. Violence. Sensitivity. Beauty. Intelligence. Stupidity. Logic. Stubbornness. Religiosity. Arrogance. Humility. Love. Hate. Superstition. Toughness. Tenderness. Loyalty. Patriotism. Eloquence. Refinement. Vulgarity. Knowledge. Ignorance.
Most of us have an excess of a few of these things. He had a surplus of all of them.
I have often liked to ponder “If you could spend a day with one historical figure, who would it be?” and Patton has always been near the top for me. A deeply flawed man in many ways, but so accomplished and solid in others.