Aide-de-camp to Pershing in Mexico and Europe, he was the first man detailed to the US Army tank corps.
Aide-de-camp to Pershing in Mexico and Europe, he was the first man detailed to the US Army tank corps. As military governor of Bavaria after WWII he was criticized for leniency to Nazis and removed. Earlier, he had led the Allied landings in Casablanca and Sicily, but soon gained notoriety for slapping a shell-shocked soldier. However, he was soon given command of the 3rd Army early in 1944 and swept through Europe from Normandy to Czechoslavakia. Known as "Old Blood and Guts", FTP, who was this military genius killed in a car accident, memorably portrayed on film by George C. Scott?
Aide-de-camp to Pershing in Mexico and Europe, he was the first man detailed to the US Army tank corps.
George S Patton