I n the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg (a former German cavalry barracks), General George Smith Patton Jr. was fighting for his life. His neck had been broken in an auto accident when he was ...

George S. Patton Jr. Audacious and profane, General George S. Patton Jr. was one of the ablest and most controversial U.S. commanders in World War II. The San Gabriel, California native was fond ...

It centered on a hero of Casablanca, El Guettar and Sicily: gaudy, profane Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr., Commander of the U.S. Seventh Army. The very serious charge against “Old Blood ...

General George S. Patton, Jr.—probably the most colorful of all ... Patton was known to carry an ivory-handled Smith & Wesson Model 27 during World War II, chambered in the gut-busting ...

General George S. Patton, Jr. was one of the most famous battlefield commanders in U.S. history, serving in both World War I and World War II. In fact, in early 1945, Patton led his army across ...