Stars and Stripes

8 decades later, Patton’s legacy remembered where his life was cut short

MANNHEIM, Germany — Eighty years after a traffic accident in postwar Germany fatally injured Gen. George S. Patton Jr., a small group including his granddaughter gathered Tuesday at the crash site to ...
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The 80th Anniversary of Gen. Patton’s final battle

MANNHEIM, Germany – Eighty years after his death, the legacy of Gen. George S. Patton Jr. endures, yet his life was cut short not by a final, glorious battle, but by a mundane traffic accident on a ...
The National Interest

On General Patton’s Death Anniversary, We Remember How He Inspires Even Today

Patton was not an ideal commander. But his fighting spirit was second to none—and continues to inspire military leaders in the United States today. The year 1945 is, in many respects, the year that ...