Patton Trivia Alert!
George Patton was wounded in WW1 when a German machine gun round hit him in the leg.
The round travelled north and exited at the buttocks, taking a nice chunk of the future generals flesh with it.
Patton would later use it to his advantage by sometimes laughingly referring to himself as “a half assed general”.
How about this operation: Why Trump wants to help the vets!
On July 28, 1932, Patton received orders from U.S. Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur to disperse the World War I veterans seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates who had occupied Washington, D.C., for two months. Charging down Pennsylvania Avenue and through the streets of the national capital, Patton led 600 cavalry troops on horseback who fired tear gas into the “Bonus Marchers,” trampled civilian observers including Connecticut Senator Hiram Bingham and beat protestors with the flats of their swords.