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To: PsyOp
Thank you for posting this. Patton is my son's hero, and I'm printing this for him.
22 posted on 05/09/2002 10:28:17 PM PDT by reformed_democrat
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To: reformed_democrat
Thank you for posting this.

You're welcome. If you go to my bio page you will find bookmarks for more quotations, both military and political.

Please give your son my regards and get him a copy of War As I Knew It. Its a very good read which I'm sure he'll enjoy. It was published after Patton's death by his wife - with the help of one of his former staff officers - and is a novelized compilation of many of Pattons writings, diary entries, military orders, etc.

25 posted on 05/09/2002 10:35:24 PM PDT by PsyOp
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Another book worth reading is Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este

It's also available on books on tape.

Patton was quite a character. Amongst other things, he was dyslexic, which posed a problem for him with his studies while at West Point. He was quite an athlete as well as a superb horseman.

124 posted on 06/01/2002 9:33:00 AM PDT by csvset
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