General Patton was born on November 11, 1885, in San Gabriel, California. In the heritage of General Patton, there was military and civil war services. Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to become a hero. General Patton’s nickname was “Old Bloods and Guts,” among his troops. Patton had a lifelong struggle with reading and writing causing fear that he would not do well on the exam for the U.S. Military Academy. General Patton had an education at U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Patton graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1909, married Beatrice Mayer in 1910, and competed in the pentathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. In 1917, Patton became the first member of the newly established United States Tank Corps, where he served until the Corps were abolished in 1920.
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Army Tank Corps during World War I, Patton’s forces played a key position in defeating the German counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge, after which he led the forces across the Rhine River and into Germany, making prisoners of 10,000 miles of lands and freeing the country from the Nazi regime. In 1915, Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where he led routine cavalry patrols; a year later, he accompanied Pershing as an aide on his expedition against Francisco "Pancho" Villa into Mexico. Along with the British tankers, he and his men achieved victory at Cambrai, France, during the world's first major tank battle in 1917. He had 345 tanks by the time he took the brigade into the Meuse-Argonne Operation in September 1918. Patton commanded the Seventh Army until 1944 when he was given command of the Third Army in France; Patton and his troops dashed across Europe after the battle of Normandy and exploited German weaknesses with great success, covering the 600 miles across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and
Using his family’s connections, …show more content…
Army Tank Corps during World War I, Patton’s forces played a key position in defeating the German counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge, after which he led the forces across the Rhine River and into Germany, making prisoners of 10,000 miles of lands and freeing the country from the Nazi regime. In 1915, Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where he led routine cavalry patrols; a year later, he accompanied Pershing as an aide on his expedition against Francisco "Pancho" Villa into Mexico. Along with the British tankers, he and his men achieved victory at Cambrai, France, during the world's first major tank battle in 1917. He had 345 tanks by the time he took the brigade into the Meuse-Argonne Operation in September 1918. Patton commanded the Seventh Army until 1944 when he was given command of the Third Army in France; Patton and his troops dashed across Europe after the battle of Normandy and exploited German weaknesses with great success, covering the 600 miles across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and