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NeoNazis all over Uruguay are still clamoring for sanctions.RaceBannon said:
So he didn't win the right way?ThomasFremont said:
He was a battlefield commander. Basically middle management.RaccoonHarry said:
Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.ThomasFremont said:
My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.unfrozencaveman said:Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple
Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide
In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress
He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.
After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.
As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."
Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.
I know "Patton superiority guy"...
He wasn't in Butler Cabin with Patton and Monty, but that wasn't really my point.
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My Great Uncle was in the Bataan Death March. He survived that, but is dead now.
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Full Disclosure: I, too, have slapped my privates.ThomasFremont said:
He slapped some privates...grandpa was a captain.RaceBannon said:So it was your grandpa who got slapped in the face
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My maternal grandfather fought under Patton. Don't recall his rank precisely but a lower level infantry guy. But I think he pretended to be a corporal. Not sure.ThomasFremont said:
He was a battlefield commander. Basically middle management.RaccoonHarry said:
Your grandpa knew of Patton from a front line soldier's standpoint but troops at the front neither know, nor appreciate, the big picture. My dad was in the Pacific in WWII and his comments about officers were similar. My detailed reading of the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns proved many of his opinions to be wrong, and when presented with the facts he readily admitted so.ThomasFremont said:
My grandpa served under Patton as a commander of a tank crew.unfrozencaveman said:Not a Bill O'Reilly fan, but his premise is spot on. Patton was suicided, plain and simple
Knew too much and was super popular, could of come back and won presidency in a landslide
In the meantime, Ike was galavanting around the south of France with his mistress
He and his men thought Patton was a fucking idiot with those "bullshit cowboy toy guns" he wore.
After taking damage from the Germans, the men started using sand bags to reinforce the weak spots on their Sherman tanks. Patton ordered the men to take them off because they didn't look "sharp" enough for "his" army.
As grandpa would say "General Patton was all sizzle, no steak."
Patton was one tough SOB. He lead troops at the front in WWI and was wounded in combat (shot "in the ass", much to his disgust). Patton's rapid thrusts through France no doubt appeared reckless to his troops but, in fact, incurred fewer casualties than if he had slogged along at a slower pace. Fascinating character. If you ever get a chance to read one of several excellent biographies on Patton do so.
I know "Patton superiority guy"...
He wasn't in Butler Cabin with Patton and Monty, but that wasn't really my point.
He wasn't saying Patton was unsuccessful. He was saying he was an image obsessed prick.
Anyway, point taken. He was an image-obsessed guy from what I've read and heard, but not the candy ass kind. The guy's whole existence was tied up in the idea of war and he romanticized it.
The prick part comes from his being relentless, and somewhere in my uncle's house are letters that suggest my grandfather had a similar view of Patton. Nonetheless he was effective. I can think of a lot of football coaches who people don't like who are very good at their jobs, and one can surmise that if they changed their M/Os so as to be more likble it would likely fuck up their performance.
Short version: some people are effective as pricks, and can't be effective if they have to not be pricks.
Probably had a small dick and was terrible in bed. Wife probably got some from the yard boy to keep things smooth around the house. But he was a great General. -
The object of war is not to die for your country, It is to make the other dumb bastard die for his
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My grandfather made love not war.
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allpurpleallgold said:
My four grandfathers made love not war.
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My grandpa successfully surrendered at Corregidor Island and outpaced many other soldiers in the Bataan Death March Challenge.
