Both US President Roosevelt and Allied Theater commander, General Eisenhower believed the General Hodges needed to be replaced as the commander of the US Third Army in 1944. They agreed that General George S. Patton should take command of the Third Army.
Early in the war, General Eisenhower pinned the third star on General Patton's uniform. This was a promotion for Patton, who was then a lieutenant general.
George Patton IV, the son of General George S. Patton, was believed to be straight.
Patton was an American general during WW2
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Patton was an American general.
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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).
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The US Third Army can be said to have had three incarnations in its protracted and rugged course from training camp to its peak in WW 2 under George Smith Patton Jr. From 1941 to 1943 Lieutenant General Walter Krueger commanded the army;From 1943 to 1944 Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges was in charge; andFrom 1944 to 1945 Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr.Under Patton, the Third Army rocketed to everlasting fame as the greatest fighting force in Europe and many historians rank Patton's army among the greatest ones in the history of warfare.
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