George Patton had the nickname "
Old blood and guts".
His movie was very popular at the West Point movie theater in the late 1970's.
Patton competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. [tanks and Uncle Blaine]
His grandfather, George Patton Sr. (1833-1864) was a Confederate colonel during the Civil War.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. George S. Patton (American General in World War II)
In 1943, Patton slapped two soldiers during the Sicily campaign. By contrast, the Soviet Army placed little if no value on human life.
He saw them as shirking duty as they had no visible injuries. The United States Press made it a huge incident. Many wanted him out of the Army, but Eisenhower (and others) knew they needed him as a commander.
