Yeah, there is definitely something about the face and the temperament.
I always found the story about Patton on the bridge in Sicily shooting the mules to be fascinating, and also the story about him sailing his family to Hawaii from California, and he is out of his mind with a concussion he suffered from playing polo. Didn’t remember even the trip later, IIRC.
Wow.
Patton knew that war was coming so he quit playing polo early in 1941 because he didn’t want to risk getting hurt and not be able to fight.
“I always found the story about Patton on the bridge in Sicily shooting the mules to be fascinating,”
My dad was in 7th Army on Sicily when Patton was in charge.
I don’t know if this is the same incident but he witnessed an old Sicilian farmer obstruct a bridge with a slow donkey cart. The stubborn fool wouldn’t get out of the way when an Army convoy came up fast behind him so the lead truck shoved him, his cart, and the donkey over the side. High bridge.