[2CAVTrooper]

Ah yes, Phenix City....

Where Patton allegedly drove a tank through the bars and “cat houses” because the vice lords of Phenix City were preying on Patton’s troops.

[ansel12]

Where Patton allegedly drove a tank through the bars and “cat houses” because the vice lords of Phenix City were preying on Patton’s troops.

There was a bar in Germany that received similar treatment from the Airborne sometime after WWII.

It used to be a common tale 40+ years ago.

[yarddog]

I have heard several variations on what Patton did to Phenix City, or Russell or Lee Counties. I doubt any of them are true.

I have heard it from people who should have known that when they were chased out of Phenix City, they went to McNairy, County, TN. These were the same people that Buford Pusser ran into. The first “Walking Tall” movie was supposedly pretty accurate.