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Scott's depiction of Patton in this scene is an iconic depiction of the general which earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor, and was instrumental in bringing Patton into popular culture as a folk hero. [32] Convicted spy Robert Hanssen was identified by the FBI from his repeated use of Patton's phrase about "the purple-pissing Japanese". [33]
When the Parthian showered death bolts, And our discipline was in vain. I remember all the suffering Of those arrows in my neck. Yet, I stabbed a grinning savage As I died upon my back. The Battle of Crecy, part of the Hundred Years' War. Once again I smell the heat sparks When my Flemish plate gave way And the lance ripped through my entrails
— Barnard Elliott Bee Jr., Confederate general of the American Civil War (22 July 1861), before being mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run. His last words gave rise to the nickname of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Death of Col Edward D. Baker: At the Battle of Balls Bluff near Leesburg Va. Oct. 21st 1861, by Currier and Ives.
Employing the same style as the previous two books in the series, The Last Full Measure is written as a first-person narrative from various officers of the Union and Confederate Armies as they regroup after Gettysburg and move into the final two years of the war. Characters featured include General Robert E. Lee, newly promoted Brigadier ...
President-elect Trump has selected retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be secretary of defense -- and he is eminently quotable.
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General is a book written by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard about the final year of World War II and the death of General George Patton, specifically whether it was an accident or an assassination.
In his stable, Traveller, the favorite horse of retired Civil War general Robert E. Lee, relates the story of his life and experiences to his feline friend Tom.His narrative, meant to begin in the early spring of 1866, follows the events of the war as seen through a horse's eyes, from the time he was bought by General Lee in 1862 until Lee's death in 1870.
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