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Patton left the conference room, phoned his command, and uttered two words: "Play ball." This code phrase initiated a prearranged operational order with Patton's staff, mobilizing three divisions—the 4th Armored Division, the 80th Infantry Division, and the 26th Infantry Division—from the Third Army and moving them north toward Bastogne. [201]
He is the youngest son of George Patton IV [1] and grandson of General George S. Patton. With Jennifer Scruby, he is the co-author of Growing Up Patton: Reflections on Heroes, History and Family Wisdom. [1] [2] Patton married Blair Emily Miller on 15 September 2018. [3]
Colonel George Patton Sr. (June 26, 1833 – September 25, 1864) was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. He was the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton. George Patton was also the great-grandfather of Major General George Patton IV, who died in 2004.
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The World War II General Patton's youngest grandson, who still is living, has given interviews on the History Channel and the Military Channel, recalling his family heritage. Another son, Robert H. Patton, has written a history of the Patton family: The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family (Crown, 1994). [9] [10]
Family members and friends related anecdotes about his military tenure under Patton, who led units in World War II in the European and Mediterranean theaters. He was discharged in October 1945.
Her daughter Eleanor Thornton Patton (1857–1937) married Los Angeles lawyer Thomas Bruen Brown in 1879. In 1870, Susan married Colonel George H. Smith . He was a first cousin of her first husband, and a lawyer, practicing in partnership with her brother Andrew Glassell under the firm name of Glassell, Chapman & Smith.
Controversy surrounds the true reasons behind the mission, which most likely was to liberate Patton's son-in-law, John K. Waters, taken captive in Tunisia in 1943. The result of the mission was a complete failure; of the roughly 300 men of the task force, 32 were killed in action during the raid and only 35 made it back to Allied -controlled ...