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Gen. George Smith Patton Jr.

Gen. George Smith Patton Jr. Profile in Leadership. CACC Training Aid 8-T-2 Last Modified 6 Jan 06. The Basics. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. was born in 1889 in San Gabriel, CA Was commissioned into the Cavalry in 1909 after attending West Point, the United States Military Academy

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Gen. George Smith Patton Jr.

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  1. Gen. George Smith Patton Jr. Profile in Leadership CACC Training Aid 8-T-2 Last Modified 6 Jan 06

  2. The Basics • Gen. George S. Patton Jr. was born in 1889 in San Gabriel, CA • Was commissioned into the Cavalry in 1909 after attending West Point, the United States Military Academy • Represented the U.S. in the 1912 Olympics; the story is told that he was in a shooting competition and one bullet was “lost.” Patton argued that the bullet had gone through the same hole as the previous bullet • Served under Gen. Pershingin WWI

  3. Perhaps the most famous general of all time… • In March 1943 he was given command of the Second U.S. Corps • Was later given command of the Third U.S. Army • Achieved a remarkable moment in military history by racing to Bastogne and disrupting the German counter offensive. • In March 1945 he crossed over the Rhine and ended the war in Czechoslovakia and Austria

  4. Highly Decorated and Controversial • Promoted to a 4 star general in 1945. • He was for a few months the military governor of Bavaria. • Dozens of awards from many countries for valor and leadership • Hit a hospitalized solider once because he considered him a coward; forced to apologize in front of all the troops. • Reassigned once by General Eisenhower because, among other things, he cursed in front of reporters • He was mortally wounded in a caraccident and died in December 1945

  5. The M-47 Patton Tank

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