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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]
His uncle was General George S. Patton and his grandfather was Frederick Ayer. [1] Ayer grew up in Wenham, Massachusetts. [2] He graduated from The Hill School in 1933, Harvard College in 1937, and Harvard Law School in 1941. [2] While an undergraduate, Ayer was a member of Harvard's varsity polo and track and junior varsity football and rifle ...
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]
Patton awarded it to him personally. It is disputed whether Patton knew his son-in-law was being held at the camp, but many at the camp and Abraham Baum believed so. Patton sent an aide, Major Alexander Stiller, with the task force, purportedly to identify Waters so he could be taken back with them.
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.
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A veteran who was liberated from a prisoner of war camp by General George S Patton has paid tribute to the US commander on the 75th anniversary of his death. Christopher Hutchinson, 98, a retired ...
Benjamin Patton (born 28 July 1965) is an author, filmmaker and film educator in New York City. He is the founder and executive director of the Patton Veterans Project nonprofit and CEO of Patton Productions, LLC, a video production company.