Killing Patton

[Jim Garrett]

(05-31-2014 09:43 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Correct me if I'm wrong, Jim, but aren't you part of the Patton family?

Yes Laurie. It seems all old Virginia families inter-married....extensively. I am related through both the Waller and Tazewell families. Also, my second cousin was married to his daughter, Ruth Ellen. I lived with Ruth Ellen while I went to school in Massachusetts. Of the three Patton children, she was the most like her father. She was truly a remarkable person. She was my second mother. Likewise, her youngest son, Jamie Totten, lived at our while he attended Episcopal High School and VMI. My mother was his second mother.

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Every veteran that I've encountered who served under General Patton, take/took great pride in serving in Patton's army. While in no way, am I disparaging Marshall, McArthur, Bradley, etc, you just don't hear old soldiers say, "I served in Ike's army or Bradley's Army, etc.

I venture to say if you asked any military historian, from any continent, who are the top ten greatest generals in history, George Patton would be on almost every list.