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My grandfather was in WWII, fought the Japs.
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Scoreboard...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." -
Mine fought the Krauts.PurpleReign said:My grandfather was in WWII, fought the Japs.
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My two dads fought each other
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RaceBannon said:
My two dads sword fought each other
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My grandpa was in the first wave of allied troops at Normandy.
Makes me appreciate busting a nut that much more....he was one lucky dude, and I'm lucky to be here.
G-Pa had pieces of shrapnel come out of his skin years afterward.
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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. -
Yeah well, SAY IT TO HIS FACE!! If anyone here has read Double Cross by Ben Macintyre, you would recall that Patton was used as a decoy leading up to D Day, both because he was the general most feared by the Germans, but also because he was a liability because he couldn't resist shooting his mouth off a la House Money. And the slapping, but idgraf about that.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. -
My grandpa could beat up your grandpa, wouldn't even be close
6'3", 230 coming out of high school, DE for the Dawgs
Bailed early to fight in the war, first off the boat for the Midnight Raid at Guadalcanal
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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.
He wasn't saying Patton was unsuccessful. He was saying he was an image obsessed prick.
