George Smith Patton, Jr.GCB, KBE US Army Commander in North Africa (II Corps) and Sicily (later into Western Europe)
(November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945)
Patton: General George S. Patton, Jr. Tribute Photo Slideshow
Patton in his especially modified M3 scout in Gafsa, Tunisia with II (Red over White) White over Red horizontal band metal 'guidon' pennant for II Corps pennant on left fender...
Later on... March 30, 1943.. in this view you can see his three White star/Red field metal 'guidon' pennant (Lieutenant General on the right fender...
Patton received his promotion from Major General to Lieutenant General at point of taking over control of II Corps...
Note: GUIDON
guidon [gahyd-n] – noun Military. 1. a small flag or streamer carried as a guide, for marking or signaling, or for identification. 2. the soldier carrying it.
The man, the poet, the warrior...
To do justice to a man it is simply not enough to discuss his foibles or mars of his character. My effort of study, for nearly thirty years into this soldier's theories, his role in the development of US armored warfare and indeed in his life; needs more than a single web page can muster.
I will post a 'white paper' of sorts very soon to enlighten some about the man... "NACHT"
WWI
Training coordinator for US tank doctrine for Pershing... his combat debut...
Between the Wars
1922 Stockholm Olympics and 5th Place in Modern Pentathlon
1941-1942 Training & Maneuvers
Patton's M1A2 but note Patton's 'Early' color form US Armor Apex with the Medium Blue that was also called Robin's Egg Blue! You see Blue Drab (in Gloss paint form) as the third color stripe down on the tank's turret...
This is standard Dark form OD and the stripes from top to bottom are Red/White/Blue/Yellow... in another photo of one of Patton's M2A2's the Golden Yellow striped band is not painted on the turret...
Patton's Modified M3 Halftrack as I Corps Training Commander in California "Desert Training Center"
Operation Torch to Operation Husky
Soon!
Slapping Incidents to 'Sitting the Bench"
William the Conqueror "WILLIE" (a cropped photo from Patton's own photo collection)
Soon!
Patton's 'Fake' Army in England... his Wooden Shermans
"Breakout"
Soon!
Patton's Speech & NA (Courtesy of George C. Scott)
Books in relational order of importance to research parameters.
War As I Knew It by General George S. Patton, Jr., Houghten Mifflin Circa (Original via Beatrice Patton) 1947 Renewed 1975 ISBN: 0-395-08074-6
Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago, Faracorn LTD Circa 1964
The Patton Papers 1885-1940 Volume I by Martin Blumenson, Houghton Mifflin Circa 1972 ISBN: 0-395-12706-8
The Patton Papers 1940-1945 Volume II by Martin Blumenson, Houghton Mifflin Circa 1974 ISBN: 0-395-18498-3
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend by Martin Blumenson, William Morrow Pub. Circa 1985 ISBN: 0-688-06082-X
The Last Days of Patton by Ladislas Farago, McGraw Hill Circa 1981 ISBN: 0-07-0199410-X
Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este, Harper Collins Circa 1995 ISBN: 0-06-016455-7
Patton's Air Force : Forging a Legendary Air-Ground Team by David N. Spires, Smithsonian Circa 2002 ISBN: 1-58834-087-2
Patton: A Study In Command by H. Essame, Scribners Circa 1974 ISBN: 0-684-13671-6
Patton's Eyes in the Sky: USAAF Reconnaissance Missions North-West Europe 1944-45 by Tom Ivie, Classic/Ian Allen Circa 2003 ISBN: 1-903223-26-1
The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family by Robert H. Patton, Crown Publishers Circa 1994 ISBN: 0-517-59068-9
Patton's Third Army: A Chronology of the Third Army Advance, August, 1944 to May, 1945 by Charles M. Province, Hippocrene Books Circa 1992 ISBN: 0-87052-973-0
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