The FReeper Foxhole Profiles George S. Patton Jr. - Mar. 8th, 2003

http://www.generalpatton.com/biography.html ^

[SAMWolf]

"Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity."

Sounds like he was describing the French.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Feather, nice presentation and poem

[Soaring Feather]

You are a ROCK GROUP!

[Mortimer Snavely]

Patton bump.

[SAMWolf]

I have always told you 'real men write poetry'

You sure have and it looks like you're proved right again.

[Paulie]

"Remembered for his fierce determination and ability to lead soldiers, Patton is now considered one of the greatest military figures in history."

I've been waiting for Foxhole to do a story on Gen Patton. A worthy American and truly someone we should emulate. I put Vince Lombardi (one of my other heros) in the same catagory as Patton.

Thanks again for your much appreciated efforts.

[ex-snook]

Thanks Sam from a guy in a unit that was briefly assigned to Patton's 3rd Army in December 1944 bulge time. At Christmas we were reassigned to the 7th Army to protect Strassbourg (before Norwind). The applicable phrase (not poetic) was 'his guts, our blood'.

[SkyPilot]

Sam,

I visited Patton's grave in Luxemborg twice now. Do you know that they had to move it? Yes--Patton is by himself, even though he wanted to be buried with the men, but people kept trampling over all the other graves to visit his--so they isolated Patton's grave.

I also visited a Gasthouse near Stuttgart. Behind the bar, was a black and white framed picture of General Patton, with the words "Viel Danke!" written below it. I asked what that meant--they told me this story:

During the occupation of Germany, some GI's got drunk and mean. They went out and used a baseball bat to kill some local German civilians.

Patton found out about it, came right away, and had the men shot on the spot.

I am not sure if that is true or not, but it is a great story.

[SAMWolf]

You're welcome Paulie. Except for special dates the Foxhole plans on doing biographies every Saturday.

[SAMWolf]

You're Welcom ex-snook.

[SAMWolf]

Don't ever remember hearing about that story, but it sounds like something Patton would be capable of doing.

[knighthawk]

Thanks for the article and ping. Patton was the greatest.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Patton had a unique ability regarding profanity. During a normal conversation, he could liberally sprinkle four letter words into what he was saying and the listeners would hardly take notice of it. He spoke so easily and used those words in such a way that it just seemed natural for him to talk that way.

He could, when necessary, open up with both barrels and let forth such blue-flamed phrases that they seemed almost eloquent in their delivery. When asked by his nephew about his profanity, Patton remarked, "When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. You can't run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn't fight it's way out of a piss-soaked paper bag."

"As for the types of comments I make", he continued with a wry smile, "Sometimes I just, By God, get carried away with my own eloquence."
-- Charles M. Province

[The Real Deal]

Hey SAM, It's great to be back in the FReeper Foxhole. I've had a busy last couple of days. My Mom fell and broke her pelvis on Thursday afternoon. I've had alot to take care of in the last couple of days. I will be in and out today, as I still am taking care of a few more details. She is resting in the hospital now, and will be off of her feet for 3 or 4 weeks. The doctors say she is lucky that it was her pelvis instead of a hip, because the hip never seems to heal. They end up doing an operation, and things are never as good as before. Her doctor says that the prognosis is for a complete recovery.

Hi to everyone else, too! Another great thread. Patton was a great General. Given the chance he would have driven the Russians back to Moscow just like he said too!

[The Real Deal]

Great graphic, bentfeather!

[GailA]

Afternoon FRiends. Today's graphic

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! PAtton did have a "way with words".

How you doing today?

[The Real Deal]

Great graphic, Gail!