In a Jeep on a pontoon bridge south of Mainz. He and his 3rd Army crossed 24hours before anyone else. They went back north to support the rest of the troops crossing over. Prior to that though, as soon as he crossed the Rhine, he exited his Jeep and walked over to the River and peed in it. The stories of this are true, I assure you, because my father was with him. My fathers unit was the 667th Field Artillery, HQ Company, 9th Armored Division, attached to Patton's Third Army.
No Patton was a three star general.
WWII GEN Patton's son GEN George S. Patton retired from the US Army and died in 2004 at the age of 80.
No, Sgt. Meeks was Gen. Patton's orderly.
No one ordered the killing of Patton. He died in an auto accident.
in ww1 andww2
Yes. You can read about the relationship in Robert Patton's book: The Pattons, an American Family.
Gen. George Patton
Helga op gen Orth was born in Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
GEN George S. Patton commanded Armored Divisions in WWII. His son, also named George S. Patton, commanded the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR) in Vietnam. Both Pattons led from the front on the battlefield. Son, GEN Patton named his gardens at home after the names of his fallen men from the Vietnam War.
It is in the Patton Museum at Fort Knox. It is in the Patton museum at Fort Knox, just south of Louisville, Kentucky on US Highway 31W.
Gen. George Patton
WWII GENERAL George S. Patton died at the age of 60 in 1945. Vietnam War GENERAL George S. Patton died at the age of 80 in 2004. (Son of WWII Gen Patton).