October 25, 2009

General Patton - Rescuing His Son-in-Law

Having to work with Gen. Patton must have been frustrating at times. Having to do it in a political context must have been extra-frustrating.

The upshot was that he got 25 prisoners back and lost a full company of medium tanks and a platoon of light tanks. Foolishly, he then imposed censorship on the movement, meaning to lift it later, which he forgot to do. The story has now been released and I hope the newspapers do not make too much of it. One bad, though Patton says accidental, feature of the affair was that his own son-in-law was one of the 25 released. Patton is a problem child, but he is a great fighting leader in pursuit and exploitation.
Posted by armand at October 25, 2009 03:51 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Military Affairs


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