It was not the best of Christmas seasons for Gen. George Patton in December of 1944. Yes, the general's Third Army was ...
A case in point: the day a 31-year-old U.S. Army lieutenant assigned to hunt Mexican rebel general Pancho Villa was ordered to buy corn, taking 10 soldiers and three cars. After dutifully securing the ...
Patton was not an ideal commander. But his fighting spirit was second to none—and continues to inspire military leaders in ...
CARLISLE, Pa. — The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center announced it will host Patton Historian and Impersonator Stan Wolcott of Cody, Wyoming at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22. In the fictional ...
FITCHBURG – WWII Gen. George S. Patton had purchased a piece land for his family in 1928 in Hamilton, Mass., a farm that the famous general’s son turned into a produce farm, Green Meadows. Now, ...
Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr., who had scandalized his fellow officers and angered the U.S. public, whose promotion the U.S. Senate had righteously turned down, was last week again an admired ...
Benjamin W. Patton stands with his father, Gen. George Patton in 1978 at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunisia. His grandfather, Gen. George S. Patton commanded the U.S. II Corps in 1943.
As a tank commander in Gen. George S. Patton's 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels" unit, Edward Vernon "Huck" Huckaby fought in some of the major battles of World War II - from D-Day to the Battle ...
Joanne Holbrook Patton came from a distinguished military family whose service to the country extended back to the Civil War. She later married into an equally prominent family of military ...
He’s back. Willie is back, alone and emotionally solitary. I see him when I have coffee in the morning on the patio just after sunrise before the day’s heat unfolds with an all-consuming passion.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants military officers to take risks again – and history may be on his side. A case in point: the day a 31-year-old U.S. Army lieutenant assigned to hunt Mexican rebel ...