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To: ex-snook
Did you ever get to meet Patton? Thanks for telling us about your service during the Battle of the Bulge. I'm so glad you made it home.
114 posted on 12/16/2002 3:34:58 PM PST by Jen
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To: AntiJen
"Did you ever get to meet Patton? "

No My unit was not attached to him for that long. However one of my friends was a tank commander in Africa and Patton was doing an inspection and asked him how he was. My friend told Patton that his feet were killing him. He needed a size 14 and was issued something smaller. Patton had a note made of his problem and shortly he had two pairs of shoes. One pair he lost in combat but retained the other. Patton maybe cared more for the troops than being remembered just from the slapping incident.

140 posted on 12/16/2002 5:42:22 PM PST by ex-snook
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