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Was General Patton MURDERED? Mystery over US war hero's death in hospital 12 days after he was paralyzed in an apparent car accident still fuels conspiracy theory 75 years on
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/21/2019 | Tate Delloye

Posted on 12/21/2019 4:55:54 PM PST by DFG

Seventy- five years ago this month, General George S. Patton was en route to a Sunday afternoon hunting trip in the devastated region of Mannheim, Germany when his Cadillac limousine collided with a military truck parked on the side of the road. The two other passengers in the vehicle were unharmed except General Patton who was left with a massive head wound and paralyzed from the neck down.

Patton was swiftly taken to an Army hospital 20 miles away where he made rapid strides in recovery over the course of 12 days. His presiding physician had given him the medical clearance to make the gruelling trans-Atlantic flight back home when suddenly on December 21, 1945, the indestructible general who revelled in his nickname ‘Old Blood and Guts’ was pronounced dead.

No autopsy was ever performed. All the reports and investigations into the accident have mysteriously disappeared. In 1979, an American spy with a sterling reputation named Douglas Bazata claimed that he was ordered by the Office of Strategic Services (a precursor to the CIA) to kill Patton and make his murder look like an accident.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: bazata; eisenhower; patton; woodring; ww2
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

I stopped believing in the Tooth Fairy years ago. Since MURDERED was in all caps, and it’s on the internet, it must be true. Or not.


21 posted on 12/21/2019 5:18:43 PM PST by centurion316 (.)
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To: OrangeHoof

His neck was broken. He was partially paralyzed.

After a few days, a Scottish surgeon saw him and had hooks installed in his cheek bones which were weighted. After a couple of days his spine was back to straight but he caught pneumonia.


22 posted on 12/21/2019 5:21:23 PM PST by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: devane617
He fractured his C-spine and that is never good,

That's what happened to Epstein. LOL

23 posted on 12/21/2019 5:22:35 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: OrangeHoof

That I agree with


24 posted on 12/21/2019 5:22:58 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

“i guess the other two passengers riding with Patton were just lucky as hell not to get a scratch”

Patton was sitting on the edge of his seat and looking out. Next to him was General Gay. Gay and Woodring, the driver, both braced for the crash. Patton had no time to brace after Gen. Gay said “Hang tight”.

Gay did have some bruises.


25 posted on 12/21/2019 5:30:46 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

He had no pull when the war ended. Payback only. That is if he were murdered.


26 posted on 12/21/2019 5:31:57 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: NEWwoman

Misfud did not kill himself either!


27 posted on 12/21/2019 5:32:09 PM PST by Dacula (Epstein did not kill himself.)
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To: OrangeHoof

He was not capable of “offing” himself.


28 posted on 12/21/2019 5:32:28 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

He was going to resign if he didn’t get a job such as head of the Army War College, and write a tell all book.


29 posted on 12/21/2019 5:35:06 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DFG

But just as they began to make arrangements to send Patton home, he took a turn for the worse. Thirty minutes after Ann left the hospital to procure lunch on December 21, 1945, General Patton suffered a massive pulmonary embolism.

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Being bedridden for days because of paralysis can make a person at risk for clots. I don’t think they used blood thinners at that time either.


30 posted on 12/21/2019 5:35:13 PM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth, or producing more than we consume.)
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To: yarddog

Patton’s new driver was reckless and drove fast.

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The article makes it clear that his driver had nothing to do with the accident and it was fairly low speed. Nobody else was injured.


31 posted on 12/21/2019 5:36:23 PM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth, or producing more than we consume.)
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To: DFG
Obama wasn't president back then.
32 posted on 12/21/2019 5:38:15 PM PST by McGruff (Does no one is above the law apply to Democrats?)
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To: Moonman62

I read a detailed account of the accident many years ago so I am going on old memory. I do recall that it was a low speed accident but I think his driver was being reckless.

Patton asked that he not be held accountable.


33 posted on 12/21/2019 5:45:20 PM PST by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: centurion316
Some years ago, I was told quite a story by a retiree friend who was a native German speaker and had been a translator in US Army intelligence during and immediately after WW II.

One day a report came through his section that Patton had been murdered because he was digging into thefts of the Reischbank gold in which high ranking US Army officers were implicated. Patton was seen as expendable because he was in ill favor with his superiors and Soviet friendly politicians in Washington.

Notably, the theft of the Reischbank gold remains officially unsolved, but key records are said to have been destroyed, lost, or to remain classified. Yet it seems to have been an inside job, with considerable sums of foreign currency and gold going missing after entering US Army custody.

34 posted on 12/21/2019 5:46:20 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: yarddog

The article goes into details.


35 posted on 12/21/2019 5:50:29 PM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth, or producing more than we consume.)
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To: Rockingham

Heresay. Declare yourself a whistleblower and contact Adam Schiff. He can turn it into a screenplay, it could be a big hit and you might make some good money.


36 posted on 12/21/2019 5:52:54 PM PST by centurion316 (.)
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To: DFG
Unknown. I never heard the reason for the accident.
Who hit them and why?
37 posted on 12/21/2019 5:54:32 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: centurion316

“He can turn it into a screenplay, it could be a big hit and you might make some good money.”

It’s already been done:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Target


38 posted on 12/21/2019 5:59:32 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Moonman62

I just read the part of the article about the accident. It is definitely different than what I read many years ago.

There was a heavy truck involved, I remember that but also an intersection.


39 posted on 12/21/2019 6:00:24 PM PST by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: DFG

He was recovering under the treatment of the doctors in Germany. They had to fly in medical experts from the US to get the job done.


40 posted on 12/21/2019 6:07:28 PM PST by PAR35
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