FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Gen George S Patton ~ July 16, 2012

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[ken5050]

Best Patton quote, ever, IMHO: ( paraphrasing from memory here)

"I don't want any soldier who wants to die for his country. I want soldiers who who want to make the OTHER sons of bitches dies for their country."

[SandRat]

Reporting Sir!

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

God, how old blood and guts must be turning over in his grave as he watches (down, I would assume) on his country that he (and so many others) paid such a price to help keep us free as he realizes what a Nation of PC, Multi-Cultural, wusses we have become, who refuse to even "identify" who our sworn enemy is; and how we have (and have not had since WWII) any intent or "will" to prevail (i.e.) "WIN!"

I won't even presume to what he thinks of our REMF, Armchair Generals who now lead our Brave Warriors, not his opinion of our Fascist, Neo-Commie, Commander in Chief.

Thank God we had Pattons, McCarthurs, et al, back then or we would probably be speaking German or Japanese.

God Bless our Vets, Active Duty and especially those serving in Harms Way.

Michael (USAF, RVN 1966-67) Burlington, VT

[Publius]

"No poor dumb son of a bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He did it by making the other poor dumb son of a bitch die for his."

[Kathy in Alaska]

And we have a tie for first!!...Hawaii and Nana Hope grab the golds!!

[Publius]

“I hate paying for the same real estate twice.”

[Publius]

"They're ivory handles! Only a pimp in a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would wear pearl handles."

[Publius]

"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."

[Kathy in Alaska]

And snagging the silver....ken5050!!

[Publius]

Patton's Speech in prose form

[Publius]

George C. Scott delivering Patton's speech

[Kathy in Alaska]

Trying again...and a third time....

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~ Hall of Heroes: Gen George S Patton ~

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[bill1952]

No. This is the best quote:

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
-Patton, George S.

[SevenofNine]

MAN George C Scott got be one that symbolize pattern he didn’t pick up Oscar WHAT DUMBA****

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Hawaii...((HUGS))...a sunny day? Little visitors?

How are your mainlanders?

Rain all night here...gotta ask my Dad to find and put his rain gauge out.

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I grew up in Boston, and there is a statue of Gen Patton on the Esplanade, near where the Boston Pops have their July 4th Concert. I grew up seeing that statue.

And yep..the pistols are there.