Cinaruco Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 True stuff, except for the History Channel bit.
Guest JamesG123 Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Except the real Patton was a little dude with a sqeeky voice.
KingSargent Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Except the real Patton was a little dude with a sqeeky voice.Squeaky voice right, little dude wrong. At least he towers over Monty and Bradley in photos. There is a photo of him in the landing boat that took him to the Morocco beach during TORCH, and he is the biggest guy in the boat.
Guest JamesG123 Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Platform combat boots and he was standing on a .50 cal ammo box.
Tim the Tank Nut Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Patton really was tall 6'1" or so in a time when most men were smaller. He stooped only a little as he aged. Beatrice commented that he looked 'very small" for the first time when she saw him in the hospital bed after the accident.Her reaction to his injury as relayed in "Genius for War" by D'Este is very moving. I recommend the book as an insight into Patton that most sensasionalist authors do not deliver.
Guest JamesG123 Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Yes, all my proceeding comments in this thread were phisecious based on the nature of the vid spoofs...
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