George Scott's version of the pre-D-Day *Patton Speech* here: http://www.pattonhq.com/sounds/scott.au
The Real Deal: GSP giving a speech at Los Angeles - June 12, 1945: http://www.pattonhq.com/sounds.gsp.au
There's a pretty good line, good for a laugh, in the real thing. Not surprisingly, the version done by the professional, polished actor is flawless and perfect in the timing of its delivery. And also not surprisingly, I far prefer the less-than-perfect results from the real thing, warts and all. Whatever his personal flaws or faults of character, Patton was a genius, and the precisely right man in the right place at the right time.
But my God, how we need one like him now. And what we have are far from being his sort. I doubt he could survive in today's professional military climate. But wouldn't it be interesting if he had returned to postwar life in his native California and entered the political life of that state then. At least until the outbreak of the Korean War.
Would the famous *wrong headline of the Chicago Tribune have screamed *Truman defeats Patton* held aloft by a grinning GSP? It fair boggles the mind, but there's little doubt that that postwar world would most likely have been a very different one from the one which we were handed.
