&#;Find The Bastards, Then Pile On.&#;
Standing Order for Troopers of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
in Vietnam issued by its commander, Colonel George S. Patton, III.
General George S. Patton, 80, Son of World War II Commander, Dies
June 30,
Major General George S. Patton, the son and namesake of the World War II armored commander and a veteran of combat in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, died on Sunday at his home in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He was
General Patton, who retired from the Army in , had been in poor health for years because of complications from hip surgery and other ailments, his wife, Joanne, said.
The younger General Patton was occasionally asked whether he felt overshadowed by his father, who gained fame for his exploits in North Africa, Sicily and France and who was introduced to new generations of Americans through George C. Scott&#;s movie portrayal. &#;I&#;ve never worried about it,&#; the son said in an interview in &#;I&#;ve been too busy.&#;
The younger officer was wounded in one of his three Vietnam tours and was awarded a Purple Heart. He was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest decoration for bravery in
General George S. Patton: Der Stratege mit dem silbernen Colt
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Kommentare
General George S. Patton gilt als der überragende US-Militärstratege des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Mit der 3. US-Armee befreite er innerhalb weniger Monate große Teile Frankreichs, Belgiens, Deutschlands und Österreichs. Dabei befehligte er seine Soldaten meist vom Panzer aus.
Von INGO SENFT-WERNER (DARMSTADT, DPA)
General George S. Patton gilt als der überragende US-Militärstratege des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Mit der 3. US-Armee befreite er innerhalb weniger Monate große Teile Frankreichs, Belgiens, Deutschlands und Österreichs. Dabei befehligte er seine Soldaten meist vom Panzer aus.
Jenseits des Schlachtfeldes erwies sich der Haudegen, der mit versilberten Colts im Hüftgürtel auftrat, als ungelenk. Als er bei Kriegsende seine Bewunderung für die Nazis äußerte, fiel er in Ungnade. Er starb am Dezember im Alter von 60 Jahren nach einem Autounfall in Mannheim.
Sein Ehrgeiz wuchs in jungen Jahren in Kalifornien. Als Kind litt er unter Schreibschwäche und Minderwertigkeitsgefühlen. Dies versuchte er durch Einsatz auszugleichen. Er absolvierte die Militär-Akademie in West Point und erreichte bei den
80 years ago, Patton&#x;s Army rolled into what is now the largest US military community overseas
Army’s arrival in Kaiserslautern on March 20, , marked the beginning of a decades-long relationship that would see the U.S. military shape the economy and identity of the city and surrounding area like nowhere else in Europe.
Gen. George Patton’s Third Army faced little resistance as it advanced through southwest Germany into a small industrial city scarred from years of Allied bombing.
The Army’s arrival in Kaiserslautern on March 20, , marked the beginning of a decadeslong relationship that would see the U.S. military shape the economy and identity of the city and surrounding area like nowhere else in Europe.
Today, the Kaiserslautern Military Community is the largest of its kind overseas, home to more than 50, American service members, civilians and their families. It likely would have shocked the American platoon sergeant who led troops into the city.
“We got places to go,” Tech. Sgt. Byron Hoover told Stars and Stripes in March , reflecting the desire to push further into Germany. “Who wants to be mayor of Kaiserslautern?”
U.S. troops entered the city as part of Operation
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, (amended by an act of July 25, ), takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Colonel (Armor) George Smith Patton (ASN: ), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force on 9 August while serving as Commanding Officer, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in the Republic of Vietnam. On this date, elements of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, assisted by the 1st Battalion, 8th Army of the Republic of Vietnam Regiment, were conducting a cordon and search operation in the village of Chanh Luu, Binh Duong Province. During the operation, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops performing the actual search encountered stubborn resistance by communist forces fighting from tunnels hidden under the village and progress was halted by hostile grenade attacks which inflicted a number of casualties upon the troops. At this time Colonel Patton intervened in the firefight, encouraging the Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops to continue their assault of the tunnel complex.
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