Too bad he died as a result of a stupid low-speed vehicle accident.
It was probably better he did than to live in postwar America.
He would have had difficulty adapting to it. He was perfectly suited to what he did in wartime, but it would have been a difficult peace for him.
That might not have been an “accident.” Had he lived, he may have ended up as President, and there were a lot of folks that didn’t want that to happen. We got the least of the bunch when Ike came in. Patton or MacArthur would’ve been far superior.
Too bad he died as a result of a stupid low-speed vehicle accident.
Yes, it is too bad.
An example of General Patton’s self discipline is that he quit playing polo and jumping horses about a year before Pearl harbor. He knew we were going to war and didn’t want to risk getting hurt and missing out.