A reader remembers what the 1970 film failed to capture.

The other helmet had a hole in it ... I could see the boots.” “The hand of General Patton came under the cot and shoved the Boxer out. He got rid of the dog. Then, this bloody hand ...

War films have been important additions to the world of media for as long as movies have existed. Each one comes with an ...

He remembers seeing many pup tents and soldiers washing themselves out of their steel helmets. Sometimes the ... Thank you, General Patton, and all the others like you, for the reminder on this ...

Equal parts bold and brilliant, General George Patton earned his place in the history books for his artful leadership of U.S. troops in World War II. In the 1970s biopic "Patton," the general exclaims ...

Patton was the only man who had a plan, the only Allied general who comes out of the Battle ... that his soldiers had to continue to wear their helmet liner. Ernie Pyle didn’t like him, thought ...

Guests of honor included the grandson of General Patton and a General Patton look-alike who delivered ... He came in right before Christmas," Water said. "I got a Mauser, a helmet with a hole in it, a ...

Unlike statuesque Patton, who revelled in being well groomed with a highly polished helmet and boots, the diminutive Montgomery, who was nicknamed the Spartan General, saw little point in flashy ...

It sounded like a football game—a touchdown had been scored because the helmets ... leaving Patton in tears. When he departed, “everybody stood at attention and saluted . . . and General ...