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To: WhiskeyPapa; Non-Sequitur
[Wlat] Patton was badly dyslexic. That is probably why he was so bad at math. He flunked out of West Point because of math.

George S. Patton, Jr. graduated from West Point in the class of 1909, ranked 46th out of a class of 103.

946 posted on 05/08/2003 1:19:30 AM PDT by nolu chan
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To: nolu chan; WhiskeyPapa
George S. Patton, Jr. graduated from West Point in the class of 1909, ranked 46th out of a class of 103.

Patton was a 5 year student at West Point, having entered in 1904. He failed his plebe year and had to repeat it. Walt was no doubt referring to his flunking his first year, not flunking out of West Point altogether.

947 posted on 05/08/2003 4:29:40 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: nolu chan
[Wlat] Patton was badly dyslexic. That is probably why he was so bad at math. He flunked out of West Point because of math.

George S. Patton, Jr. graduated from West Point in the class of 1909, ranked 46th out of a class of 103.

Patton had to repeat the plebe year. He flunked out based on his math score. He was at the Point 5 years, as anyone even generally familiar with his story would know.

Walt

949 posted on 05/08/2003 5:21:17 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa (Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
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