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.
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.
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
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