It is time for another Patton to die, he saidaloud. Thetrouser legs were skinny and shoved into his black, laced-up fieldboots. Thisdeception caused the Germans to delay a counter-attack that mighthave crushed or seriously set back the Allied invasion. Enough War for a Lifetime. From Beersheba we flew over Hebron and Bethlehem and turned westward just south of Jerusalem, finally landing at Aqir, near the coast, where we were met with some cars and driven thirty miles to Jerusalem. The true story of the friendship-and rivalry-among the greatest American generals of World War II. That chance came at Saint Mihiel on 12 September 1918. Only four months earlier the fate of the Allied invasion of Europe hung on the course of a storm in the English Channel. The damn clock seems to have stopped. He was 60 years old. The general then continued, Chaplain, sit down for a moment. Americans will not tolerate aloser. There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by Praying. I dont know what you call it, but I call it religion, prayer, or God.. May 18 Patton was ordered to report to General Pershing in Washington, D.C.; appointed Commanding Officer, Headquarters Troop, AEF. From here we went to the place where the Cross had stood. However, they did get across and Napoleon crossed at about the same place and also lost his baggage when the wind shifted. By God, I do! . I told them that I was going to relieve any preacher who talked more than ten minutes on any subject. Two weeks later, General Patton took over command of II Corps from Fre-dendall and wrote this letter to the troops now under his command: All of us have been in battle. . He lifted his face up from the dirt, gazed out over the Germanlines, and then lifted his eyes up to the cloudsand saw faces. . An Army is a team. Wade into them, spill their blood or they will spill . During the course of this war I have received promotions and decorations far above and beyond my individual merit. Tough days may be ahead of us before we eat our rations in the Chancellery of the Deutsches Reich. A very safe rule to follow is that in case of doubt,push on just a little further and then keep on pushing . Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. You can also buy the book by clicking on the buttons to the left. In 1922 the United States military ranked seventeenth in size among nations with a standing army. May 23 Patton was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France, code named "Overlord". Every man has a job to do and he must do it. The leadership had no interest in making room for a new weapon in the shrunken army. During these interwar years, Patton met another officer whose destiny would be bound up with his own. In the glancing collision, Patton was thrown against the roof and fell forward into the glass partition behind the drivers seat. 1953 September 30 Pattons widow, Beatrice, died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm while horseback riding at Hamilton, Massachusetts. With the skill of a methodactor, Patton would also strive to achieve an intimidating mienhiswar facethat would communicate his intensity to his audience. Eisenhower was self-effacing and came from dirt-poor beginnings. In 1915, he was sent to Fort Bliss, Texas, where the cavalry troops were all turned out in Patton swords: It was a fine sight all with sabers drawn and all my sabers. He had been chastised for leaving his command post during the battle at Saint-Mihiel, but he did the same during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. When the chaplain began his sermon, Patton ostentatiously took out his watch. For Patton, God was not a distant and impersonal being but a companion with whom he had a personal relationship. . Hands lifted up, said Bossuet, smash more battalions than hands that strike. Gideon of Bible fame was least in his fathers house. Despite his many successes, his aggressive, colorful personal style and his temper often caused issues with his superiors. Eklund, he demanded, do you know Chaplain So-and-so?. We wanted speed, reliability and firepower.. . ww2dbase Warning: Foul language used by Patton in the speech had not been removed from this transcript, thus this text might not be suitable for everyone. It was a two-piece dark greencorduroy outfit. Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight; and if the world goes from bad to worse, it is because there are more battles than prayers. When she returned, her husband had already died. Nor was there any enthusiasm in Congress, given the countrys isolationist mood, for appropriating funds for the military. Under Pershings command, Every horse and man was fit; weaklings had gone; baggage was still at the minimum, and discipline was perfect. I got a medal for charging at the enemy, butI have had to spend a lot of time explaining how I gotshot in the behind! . Audio mp3 of Address delivered by George C. Scott. . George S. Patton Inspirational, Motivational, Positive 307 Copy quote Site created in November 2000. When it came to men, Patton intended that the Tanks Corps standards of discipline and deportment would exceed those of other American units, and he made a special point of looking after his men, ensuring they were given the best food and billets he could muster. Outside, the Chaplain said, Whew, thats a tough one! We have never retreated; we have suffered no defeats, no famine, no epidemics. Patton spent his years after the war going from base to base as a control officer for mechanized maneuvers as a brigadier general. The conversation went something like this: General Patton: Chaplain, I want you to publish a prayer for good weather. One of his first acts as commanderhad been to build an amphitheater in the wooded hills of Fort Benningthat could accommodate the entire division. Suddenly desperation and fear stripped away Pattonsveneer of bravado, and he began to shake with terror. We are advancing constantlyand we are not interested in holding onto anything except the enemys balls! . . . I pray that I will fall forward when I amshot. 19031904 Patton attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, as Cadet. People must try to use their imagination and whenorders fail to come, must act on their own best judgment. All real . In his many trials, Patton turned to God and found remarkable serenity. . July 25 Spent time in Beverly, Massachusetts hospital with a broken leg. He came away from his experience in Mexico full of admiration forand a desire to emulatePershing. Of the hundred andfifty soldiers, only six followed him, one of whom was his orderly,Private Joseph Angelo. Patton arrived in Europe in 1917 as a captain. . We straight-arm, and go around, anddodge, and go around . Upon completing his crossing over a pontoon bridge, he took some dirt on the far bank, emulating his favorite historical figure William the Conqueror. . From the Forum we got into the cars and drove to the Garden of Gethsemane, where there are still olive trees which just possibly may have been in existence at the time of the Crucifixion. Keep moving. In 1943, two years before his death, Patton had spoken at an Armistice Day service honoring American dead, saying, I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. . . ONeill later recalled. But it was mostly over their love of tanks. How did General Patton die? He spoke to his men like it, and they returned a response of almost mechanised fighting ability. immensely huge American flag, delivers his version of Patton's "Speech to. Patton was as much an actor as he was a fine general. It is run by a composite group consisting of Catholics, Greeks, and Copts, and by a strange freak of chance, or British political insight, the doorkeeper is a Mohammedan. Haig, who didnt think much of most American officers, liked Patton, calling him a fireeater who longs for the fray. Patton, in turn, liked Haig, a fellow cavalryman, thinking him a proper polo-playing gentleman and even more of a charger than I am.7. Be Seated. Americans love a winner. The Germans were fed information that when the bridgehead was establishedby six Allied assault divisions, a huge force of fifty divisionswould exploit the opening. . We have continued in unity of purpose. . Peace was another matter. The knights also had to take four vowsPoverty, Chastity, Humility, and Obedience. Patton prayed to do his best, he prayed for solace in times of trouble, and he prayed for victory in times of war. I wish, said Patton, you would put out a Training Letter on this subject of Prayer to all the chaplains; write about nothing else, just the importance of prayer. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for . He said, God damn! His neck was broken. I pray that I will fall forward when I am shot. One of his first acts as commanderhad been to build an amphitheater in the wooded hills of Fort Benningthat could accommodate the entire division. October 2 Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general. Foxholesonly slow up an offensive. Paperback. He was in most respects a traditional Christian, but he had an unshakeable belief in reincarnation and asserted that he had lived former lives throughout historyalways as a soldier. In proudly contemplating our achievements, let us never forget our heroic dead whose graves mark the course of our victorious advances, nor our wounded whose sacrifices aided so much in our success. But it was not just a speech, it was a performance. In the days of chivalry, the golden age of our profession, knights (officers) were noted as well for courtesy and being gentle benefactors of the weak and oppressed. In this sense, prayer was no different from training, leadership, technology, or firepower. 1944 March 26 Task Force Baum heads out for Hammelburg to liberate the prisoner of war camp there. We reached Cairo just at dark, having completed in one day the trip which took the Children of Israel forty years to accomplish. In his invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon was unprepared for Russias brutal climate, and thousands of his soldiers perished in the severe winter. He is remembered for his heroic march to halt the Nazi's December 1944 offensive in the Battle of the Bulge and also for slapping Sergeant Charles Kuhl and Private Paul Bennett, August 1943, for cowardice while they were in an army hospital. Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. Patton is a 1970 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the life of General George S. Patton and starring George C. Scott in his most iconic role. . Ed - December 21, 2016. Chaplain, I am a strong believer in Prayer. On October 22, 1944, Patton met with his commander, General Omar Bradley, and Bradleys chief of staff to discuss plans for taking the French city of Metz and then pushing east into the Saar River Valley, a center of Germanys armaments industry. . This was particularly true before 1800, when the knights had a sort of stranglehold on the privateering business in the Mediterranean and used their hatred for the Turks as a means of veiling their personally conducted piracy against Turks and against anyone else whom they could catch. Patton succeeded Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Military Governor of the U.S. The quicker they are whipped,the quicker we can go home. The one honor which is mine and mine alone is that of having commanded such an incomparable group of Americans, the record of whose fortitude, audacity, and valor will endure as long as history lasts. He passed away from pulmonary embolism as a result of the accident. Patton was number three. But he was a master of the dramatic pause, loweringhis voice to great effect, forcing the audience to listen carefully,before bellowing out a line of profanity. After two hours, Pattons tankers and the 138th Regiment of theThirty-fifth Division subdued the Germans and seized the village ofCheppy. 20th Century Timeline Of World History: What Happened? The sudden transition from the highly-charged experience of combat, where one is com-manding men in life-or-death situations, to domestic tranquility can be jarring and difficult. Death, in time, comes to allmen. However, if he was a successful knight, he received from the Order more than a hundredfold over what he gave, so that most of them died very rich. That way I can keep firing my pistols! Every manis a vital link in the great chain. We believed . 1938 July 1 Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. Please use this data for any reference citations. As one soldierrecalled: I am positive the Patton image was born on the first day hespoke in that bowl. We disregard the lessons of HistoryThe red fate of Carthage; the Rome of shame under the Praetorian guardand we go on regardless of the VITAL necessity of trained patriotismHIRING an army . . 1916 March 13 Patton detached from 8th Cavalry and attached to headquarters, Punitive Expedition, Mexico. July 1 Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major. Many of his associates, including Eisenhower, felt that "Old Blood and Guts" showed increasing signs of mental imbalance. Coy Eklund, an officer on Pattons staff, confirms a story about Pattons insistence on inspirational sermons: It is no myth that one Sunday morning, after attending church services as he always did, he stalked into my office in the Army barracks in Nancy, France, where I was the senior duty officer. Beatrices dinner was interrupted when the nurse suddenly noticed that Patton had stopped breathing. My men dont dig foxholes. Even the most enlightened of our politicians are blind and mad with self delusion. April 11 Patton was made the commanding officer of the 2nd Armored Division. There were other faces and differentuniforms, dimmer in the distance, but with the same familyresemblance. This article is part of our largerresource meant to provide facts, information, and stories about the life of George S. Patton. . On 1 October 1919, Patton gave a speech to the Tank Corps on The Obligation of Being an Officer. It touched on Pattons grand view of the profession of arms: Does it not occur to you gentlemen that we . . A break in the weather on June 6 allowed the amphibious assault on Normandy to proceed. . Great living is not all output of thought and work. For Gods sake, send some gasoline.. it is the call of ones [sic] ancestors and the glory of combat. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was taken to a hospital in Heidelberg. My men dont dig foxholes. . Reprinted in Charles Sumner Olcott, The Life of William McKinley, Volume 2 (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916), 109-111. It never occurred to me until this flight that, at the time the Jews crossed, it was unnecessary for them to ford anything, because there is a stretch of desert from Bitter Lake to the Mediterranean which had no water on it. In many ways Patton and Eisenhower were strikingly different. In my mind we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died.. Patton of the brisk, purposeful stride. While Eisenhower was attending the armys Command and General Staff College from 1925 to 1926 at Fort Leavenworth, Patton sent him his own very detailed notes from the course. . Instead he demanded sermons and prayers which emphasized courage and victory. An armored divisionis that element of the team which carries out therunning plays. It gives you a thrill and my eyes filled with tears . Even if you arehit, you can still fight back. . The Allied war effort was virtually shut down for five days. He also faced uncertainty about his career in peacetime. During the interwar period, Patton remained a central figure in the development ofarmored warfaredoctrine in the U.S. Army. Patton was an American general who took part in both world wars. Each deserves credit. Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. ARTICLES; FEATURED; May 29, 2015 Ivano Massari, Guest Author. The Japanese saw the storm as a divine wind sent by the gods to save them. The point of interest is that most historians are prone to classify armor by dates, whereas here we have visual proof that as late as 1400 all types of armor, both mail and plate, were still being used. Hed stop and talk to the troops; ask them did they get their turkey, how was it, and all that. His diary entry for that day is classic Patton: It was a clear cold Christmas, lovely weather for killing Germans, which seems a bit queer, seeing Whose birthday it is. The troops were cheerful but I am not, because we are not going fast enough., In the spring, as the Third Armys advance continued with clear weather, Patton again thanked the Lord for good weather: I am very grateful to the Lord for the great blessing he has heaped on me and the Third Army, not only in the success which He has granted us, but in the weather which He is now providing.. I know the Lord will help us again. The justice of our cause and not the greatness of our race makes us con-fident. I should think the distance is less than half a mile. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. (1885-1945), a four-star U.S. general in full millitary dress. Leading an expedition of three cars and ten men whose mission was to buy corn for the soldiers in camp, he organized an impromptu raid that netted him one of Pancho Villas officers and two banditos shot down in a gunfightPatton armed with revolver and rifle. About a hundred and fifty doughboys followed him, but when theyarrived at the crest of the hill, the onslaught of gunfire forced themall to the ground, hugging it for protection. This article is from the bookPatton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer2012by Michael Keane. Here he wrote much of the Knights of Malta and the rules of their order. Patton's Speech to the Third Army was a series of speeches given by General George S. Patton to troops of the United States Third Army in 1944, prior to the Allied invasion of France. To order this book, please visit its online sales page atAmazonorBarnes & Noble. We must do something about those rains if we are to win the war.. . People must try to use their imagination and whenorders fail to come, must act on their own best judgment. But he was a master of the dramatic pause, loweringhis voice to great effect, forcing the audience to listen carefully,before bellowing out a line of profanity. He asked her what time it was, and when she told him, he said that he was tired and told her she should go eat dinner; they could finish the chapter when she returned. France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia bear witness to your exploits. He was dying, but he had nofear of death. The year after the publication of War As I Knew It, Monsignor ONeill felt compelled to write his own account of the prayers origin, which was published in The Military Chaplain magazine as The True Story of the Patton Prayer. ONeill complained that the footnote on the Prayer by Colonel Paul D. Harkins. Advertisement. All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters,either. To beat such men, you must not despise their ability, but you must be confident in your own superiority. As the chaplain noted, however, strictly speaking it was the Third Army commanders letter, not ONeills. If we die killing, well and good, but if we fight hard enough, viciously enough, we will kill and live. Better known for his profanity than for his prayers, George Patton was actually a devout and religious man. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as ateam. General Patton "Blood and Guts" Speech to the Third Army on June 5th, 1944 (The parts in red are excerpts that have been translated into Vietnamese) Be seated! Remember that theenemy is just as frightened as you are, and probablymore so. There is nothing todo at the moment but be a secret weapon.. The Nazis are the enemy. I do not want to be hitthere again. You have liberated or conquered more than 82,000 square miles of territory, including 1,500 cities and towns, and some 12,000 inhabited places. His new commander in the Tank Corps, as of December 1917, would be Colonel Samuel D. Rockenbach, a VMI graduate with an aristocratic wife, a taskmasterly way with subordinates, and the massive responsibility of creating the Tank Corps from scratch, including acquiring tanks from the French and the British. An enemy machine gun bullethad torn through his body, entering his groin and exiting his buttocks,ripping open a wound the size of a teacup. March 23 Patton, as commanding officer of the American Tank School in France, received his first 10 light tanks by train. click here for our comprehensive guide to General Patton. Duty is the essence of manhood. 1905 June 5 Patton turned back to repeat initial year. Patton personally oversaw the logistics of the tanks in their first combat use by American forces. But he was only as good as the company in which he fought. . Somelines became classic. The General agreed, wrote a short greeting, and the card was made up, published, and distributed to the troops on the twenty-second of December. Winning converts was not easy, but Patton and Eisenhower were zealots. He studied military history, as well as the last war and current developments. . Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of bullshit. When Patton had completed all his preparations for battle, he turned to the Bible and entrusted everything, including the weather, to God. It is our job to make the most of them. George and I and a group of young officers thought . It is power.. It appears as a footnote in War As I Knew It, a book based on Pattons diaries and published in 1947, after his death. He was zealous in his duties and got the action he sought. It's not called "Blood and Guts: An American General". From the canal we flew along the line of Allenbys advance and crossed at Wadi El Arish at the spot where the battle occurred. Pattons presence was still asecret to the enemy. An armored divisionis that element of the team which carries out therunning plays. Polo was his substitute. That is not the way to win battles. 62 of 70 found this interesting | Share this If theres any doubt in any of your Goddamn minds that Im going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life, lets cut out all this horse-shit right now and let me die, Patton lashed out. November 21 Journalist Drew Pearson publicized George Pattons slapping incident of Aug 3, 1943. In my opinion it is a fake, since the pommel is not of the correct shape, nor has it sufficient weight. It can be argued that he was one of the proudest Americans to ever live. Before he did that, Patton gave himself a crash course in French tanks, which included test-driving them, firing their guns, and even walking the assembly line to see how they were made. personality earned him the nickname Old Blood and Guts and he was renowned for his quick-temper. . that they should attack by surprise and mass . We straight-arm, and go around, anddodge, and go around . The final stage of World War II in the European Theatre commenced with the Western Allied invasion of Germany. To ensure that his order was carried out, he spent the bitterly cold day driving from one unit to another. But it was not just a speech, it was a performance. When shells are hitting all around you and you wipe the Patton could be painfully direct. September 22 Taken out of context, Pattons careless comparison of Nazi Party members in Germany to Democratic Party or Republican Party members in the United States stirred much controversy. 1904 June 16 Patton entered U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. . There is one great thing you men will be able to saywhen you go home. He was a sincere believer. Patton was never one to delay an attack, convinced that each days delay gave the enemy more time to prepare. And when we get to Berlin,I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging sonof a bitch Hitler, just like Id shoot a snake! Those who knew both men at this early stage of their military careers had the feeling that George Patton would achieve greatness. Our glorious march from the Normandy Beach across France to where we stand, before and beyond the Siegfried Line, with the wreckage of the German Army behind us should convince the most skeptical soldier that God has ridden with our banner. "Patton" (1970) General George Smith Patton, Jr. Of course we are willing to die but that is not enough. 1935 May 7 Patton departed Los Angeles for Hawaii. Copy. . . It is almost completely covered with villages and the areas between them are crowded with tiny fields. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Many of the men drove over 40 consecutive hours. What separates this book from all of the many about World War II's most famous battle commander is the extensive use of exquisite B&W combat photos on every spread, which illuminate the text on those pages. Some day I want to see the Germans raise up on theirpiss-soaked hind legs and howl, Jesus Christ, its thatgoddamned Third Army again and that son of a bitchPatton.. He ranked Bradley and Army Air Force GeneralCarl Spaatz atnumber one, with Walter Bedell Smith number two. . He saw action in the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916 and served with American forces in the First World War, notably at the tank . George C. Scott, portraying Patton, standing in front of an immensely huge American flag, delivers his version of Patton's "Speech to the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion . . . Im sure you can make your point in that time. The following Sunday Patton sat in the front pew. We must ask God to stop these rains. 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