An interesting coincidence in the #9 question of the week: Spaatz, Bradley, and Patton were ranked 1, 2, and 3 by Eisenhower as his best generals. I’m guessing that in the LA parade Bradley came after Patton because he was Patton’s superior, but I find it interesting that the NYT chose to publish Patton’s picture in the parade and not Bradley’s.
I meant Doolittle :-( though I just realized that Doolittle got his fourth star after Patton, so that would actually make Patton his superior. As a SNL participant used to say, “Never mind” :-)
The captions say they were in different parades. Patton in LA and Bradley in Moberly Missouri.