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To: Patton@Bastogne
General Patton was the kind of man that Americans will "always" want to follow into battle ...

Well, yes and no. I admire his aggressive use of shock and speed. I admire his 'American-ness'. I admire him seeing through the Soviets.

I don't admire his insistence on neckties and shined boots and fresh shaves and the rest of the drill-field BS that he forced on his men. Field hygiene yes, by all means- but Patton took it into the realm of the absurd.

64 posted on 12/19/2010 1:49:03 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley

he won battles that way ...


73 posted on 12/19/2010 2:05:19 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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