The crossguard and the shape of the blade were correct. There was General Hugh Mercer, mortallywounded at the battle of Princeton in the Revolutionary War. The speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced Third Army for its pending combat duty. Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963. . . In 1933 General Douglas MacArthur noted that the few tanks that the army had were completely useless for employment against any modern unit on the battle-field., Like their fellow junior officers, Patton and Eisenhower suffered post-war reductions in rank, deplorable living conditions, and miserable pay. September 22 Taken out of context, Pattons careless comparison of Nazi Party members in Germany to Democratic Party or Republican Party members in the United States stirred much controversy. 2. How did General Patton die? He did not literally run over bodies. A good soldier is not made merely by making him think and work. Patton pointed out that there was not enough ammunition, food, or gasoline to support all the armies. . Speech to the 3rd Army Lyrics. Let me see it before you send it. Instead he demanded sermons and prayers which emphasized courage and victory. We must be eager to kill, to inflict on the enemythe hated enemy wounds, death and destruction. If the general would sign the card, it would add a personal touch that I am sure the men would like, said the chaplain. Patton recorded his thoughts in his journal: Malta, which we reached at three oclock, is quite different from the way I had pictured it. . The title of the "Gen. George S. Patton biopic" was changed to Blood and Guts, as announced in the 17 Apr 1968 DV. I am sure we will have great success. The event reflected the actions that might be required of an officer delivering military dispatches. 1904 June 16 Patton entered U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. But due to circumstances beyond the control of anyone, we have heretofore fought separately. Death must not be feared. Douglas MacArthur had a spirit of intense determination. 5. Patton was an American general who took part in both world wars. When the war ended, Patton said, 'You don't know what Hell looks like from the top, but that's what Germany looks like'. Here he wrote much of the Knights of Malta and the rules of their order. November 10 Detailed to the Tank Service. At the end of 1943, while Pattons commanders were deciding his fate, the allied leadersRoosevelt, Churchill, and Stalinmet in Tehran to discuss strategy for defeating Germany and plans for the postwar world. But he was a mighty man of valor. . On October 22, 1944, Patton met with his commander, General Omar Bradley, and Bradleys chief of staff to discuss plans for taking the French city of Metz and then pushing east into the Saar River Valley, a center of Germanys armaments industry. Sergeant Mims, his regular driver, was in the hospital, and a substitute was at the wheel. It is our job to make the most of them. Battle is not a terrifying ordeal to be endured. He stood up, grabbed his walking stick, and turned to the soldiersbehind him. In my mind we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died.. In this chapel is the sword which is supposed to have been used on these occasions. The vivid and profane inspirational speeches garnered muchattention and some detractors, but Patton also gave countless speechesintended to educate his officers and troops on the topics of strategy,tactics, discipline,and how to conduct the new deadly form of armoredwarfare: You men and officers are, in my opinion, magnificentlydisciplined.You cannotbe disciplinedin great thingsand undisciplined in small things . One codex dating from 1420 and depicting the life of Saint Anthony, who spent his time being pursued by devils in the form of beautiful women, was particularly interesting to me because in one of the pictures it showed an armorers shop in which suits of armor, varying in date from early 1100 to 1400, were hung up for sale just as one hangs up clothes in a pawnshop. Although he was a part of the first war, he is more known for his victories in the Second World War. All rights reserved. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre covers both the Tomb of Christ and also the place where the Cross stood. . His disarming smile charmed everyone who met him. He was in most respects a traditional Christian, but he had an unshakeable belief in reincarnation and asserted that he had lived former lives throughout historyalways as a soldier. Patton could be painfully direct. He was a sincere believer. In proudly contemplating our achievements, let us never forget our heroic dead whose graves mark the course of our victorious advances, nor our wounded whose sacrifices aided so much in our success. They werefaces of his ancestors. He studied military history, as well as the last war and current developments. Enough War for a Lifetime. Eisenhower, on the other hand, was usually underrated, his easygoing manner masking a burning ambition. Better yetthe tank company in which he fought. I dont know what you call it, but I call it religion, prayer, or God.. See if we cant get God to work on our side., Chaplain ONeill: Sir, its going to take a pretty thick rug for that kind of praying., General Patton: I dont care if it takes a flying carpet. . April 11 Patton was made the commanding officer of the 2nd Armored Division. Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. 1916 March 13 Patton detached from 8th Cavalry and attached to headquarters, Punitive Expedition, Mexico. Our glorious march from the Normandy Beach across France to where we stand, before and beyond the Siegfried Line, with the wreckage of the German Army behind us should convince the most skeptical soldier that God has ridden with our banner. October 17 Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel. The weather was still clear when we walked into General Pattons office. With that the general rose from his chair, indicating that the meeting was concluded, and ONeill returned to his office to prepare the training letter Patton had requested. Reprinted in Charles Sumner Olcott, The Life of William McKinley, Volume 2 (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916), 109-111. General Patton was an intellectual warrior who obsessively studied every facet of warfare - while studying his Bible daily. In fact, it was surprisingly easy. I want the world to know Third Army made it before Monty starts across, he shouted. . They were waiting for the arrival of that legendary figure, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. Old "Blood and Guts" himself, about whom many a colorful chapter would be written for the school boys of tomorrow. . On November 7, 1942, there was a storm but it stopped at 1600. That is not the way to win battles. By constant study General Pershing knew to the minutest detail each of the subjects in which he demanded practice, and by physical presence and personal example and explanation, insured himself that they were correctly carried out.6, Patton followed Pershing to France as his aide. Blood, Guts, and Grease, to capture the younger, less known company and field grade officer before his daring exploits as a general officer in World . . . George Campbell Scott, portraying Patton, standing in front of an immensely huge American flag, delivers his version of Patton's "Speech to the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France, code-named "Overlord". Therewas his grandfather Colonel George Patton, killed at Winchester inthe Civil War; and Colonel Waller Tazewell Patton, who died fromwounds received at Gettysburg. . It is run by a composite group consisting of Catholics, Greeks, and Copts, and by a strange freak of chance, or British political insight, the doorkeeper is a Mohammedan. His legend only grows in significance when you consider his achievements. And when we get to Berlin,I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging sonof a bitch Hitler, just like Id shoot a snake! I wouldnt give a hoot in hell for aman who lost and laughed. Coy Eklund, an officer on Pattons staff, confirms a story about Pattons insistence on inspirational sermons: It is no myth that one Sunday morning, after attending church services as he always did, he stalked into my office in the Army barracks in Nancy, France, where I was the senior duty officer. He liked the men, considered his commanding officer a true gentleman, but had doubts about some of the other officers, especially those who had come up from the ranks. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as ateam. Apparently the discredit consisted of other knights cheering him on. Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He reduced his Army from thirty-two thousand to three hundred men lest the people of Israel would think that their valor had saved them. With prayer, we cannot fail. Then about 1600 it stopped. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations. A common GI saying about Patton was, "our blood, his guts." The general's low point came in August 1943 when he slapped two shell-shocked soldiers under his command for crying. His neck was broken. Both chaplains and men are removed from a special building with a steeple. You can also buy the book by clicking on the buttons to the left. The 1970 film "Patton" starts out the way the real Gen. George S. Patton would have wanted it to: with one of the famed general's off-the-cuff, down-to-reality speeches to his men in the 3rd Army. 1920 June 20 Patton reverted to the permanent rank of captain. Ambitions thwarted, his thirst for action still would not be denied. Part of our passion was our belief in tanksa belief derided at the time by others.The two men shared a detailed knowledge of the mechanical workings of tanks and an appreciation of their potential strategic uses beyond mere assistance to the infantry. The admiring troops immediately dubbedhim the Green Hornet. Those who knew both men at this early stage of their military careers had the feeling that George Patton would achieve greatness. . He died at the age of 60 and he died in a freak accident after the war had been won. The damn clock seems to have stopped. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. . This pommel was in the shape of a blunt acorn. When he reached the other side of the river, Patton pretended to stumble, imitating William the Conqueror, who famously fell on his face when landing in England but transformed the bad omen into a propitious one by leaping to his feet with a handful of English soil, claiming it portended his complete possession of the country. By that I mean that the riflemanwants to shoot, the tanker wants to charge, the artillerymanto fire . 1924 July 30 Patton was an Honor Graduate, Command and General Staff College. Eisenhower prepared to leak a story that General Patton had lost his commandbecause of displeasure at some of his indiscretions and thatthe main invasion of the continent was delayed by bad weather. . After we had left the church, we followed the Way of the Cross, which is a dirty street, to the point where the Roman Forum had stood. . All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters,either. He said, God damn! He speaks and reads in script nine languages, so he is perfectly capable of translating the valuable collection of manuscripts in the library. I am sure it will succeed. His voice was actually ratherhigh, certainly not the gravelly bass of George C. Scott in the Hollywoodmovie Patton. George S. Patton (November 11, 1885-December 21, 1945) was an American Army general noted for winning battles in World Wars I and II. So Patton sat down at his desk, signed the card, and returned it to ONeill. Her fundamental text-book was the Bible. General Pattons communication was not limited to his speeches; he alsoprojected strength in his demeanor and in his dress. To order this book, please visit its online sales page atAmazonorBarnes & Noble. The Third Armys sick rate equaled its battle casualty rate. We are better-equipped, bet-ter fed, and in the place of his blood-gutted Woten, we have with us the God of our fathers known of old. General George S. Patton's Personal Jeep Driver Remembers the Legendary Man American Veterans Center 803K views 5 months ago "Growing Up Patton: Reflections on Heroes, History and Family. It was soon knownas the Patton Bowl. The earliest versions of his soon-to-be-famousblood and guts speeches were delivered there. That is courteous and considerate for the rights of others. . 1885 November 11 Patton was born in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. My men dont dig foxholes. Some men are cowards but theyfight the same as the brave men or they get the hellslammed out of them watching other men fight who arejust as scared as they are. It was useless to try to move from the relative safety ofthe small hollow blown in the earth. . He used that experience to write a masterly summary of everything one needed to know about tanks. We wanted speed, reliability and firepower.. Both of us were students of current military doctrine. Pray with others. This is the full text of the speech Gen. Patton made prior to D-Day. . The film won a Best-Picture Oscar as well as Best Actor for George C. Scott. The Army Engineer was called in, and we finally decided that our field topographical company could print the prayer on a small-sized card, making enough copies for distribution to the army. . Upon completing his crossing over a pontoon bridge, he took some dirt on the far bank, emulating his favorite historical figure William the Conqueror. Americans love to fight, traditionally. Thirty years from now, when youare sitting around the fireside with your grandson onyour knee and he asks what you did in the great WorldWar II, you wont have to say, I shoveled shit in Louisiana.. 20th Century Timeline Of World History: What Happened? Speech at the Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, Massachusetts . Pattons communication was not limited to his speeches; he alsoprojected strength in his demeanor and in his dress. He wore a smile from ear to ear. The knights also had to take four vowsPoverty, Chastity, Humility, and Obedience. From Beersheba we flew over Hebron and Bethlehem and turned westward just south of Jerusalem, finally landing at Aqir, near the coast, where we were met with some cars and driven thirty miles to Jerusalem. Seventy-one years ago this week, U.S. Army General George S. Patton, Jr. delivered what is considered one of the most rousing military speeches of all time to the American 3rd Army waiting to. Unsurprisingly, he didnt stay at his command post but roamed the field under fire, directing attacks; his tankers did well and showed plenty of fighting spirit. Up to now, in the Third Army, God has been very good to us. 1938 July 1 Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. Both men were commanding tank units. He convinced General Pershing that he should serve him as his aide. We got through on good old American guts. He had now achieved his destiny, Patton thought, joining the warriorkinsmen who had gone before. General George S. Patton was a complicated military figure, but there can be little debate over whether he was quotable. At 1900, Eddy and Grow came to the house to beg me to call off the attack due to the bad weather, heavy rains, and swollen rivers. . As chaplains it is our business to pray. are also the modern representatives of the demigods and heroes of antiquity?. As one soldierrecalled: I am positive the Patton image was born on the first day hespoke in that bowl. The Saar campaign was launched on November 8, 1944. . It appears as a footnote in War As I Knew It, a book based on Pattons diaries and published in 1947, after his death. He was dying; but he had no fear of death. . I was shotin the behind in World War I! . Be Seated. August 16 Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major general, bypassing the permanent rank of brigadier general. As he charged forward,Patton eerily saw himself as a small, detached figure on the battlefield,watched all the time from a cloud by his Confederate kinsmen and hisVirginia grandfather. . He valued these machines, ordering that no U.S. be surrendered. But as a devout Christianwhatever the profanity in his speeches suggested otherwisehe couldnt help but be moved by walking in the footsteps ofJesus. He would not tolerate defeatism in prayers or sermons. . At eleven oclock on the morning of December 8, General Patton telephoned the head chaplain, Monsignor James H. ONeill: This is General Patton; do you have a good prayer for weather? Click here to see more articles in this category. His diary entry for November 7, 1944, reads: Two years ago today we were on the Augusta approaching Africa, and it was blowing hard. The vow of Poverty required him to give four-fifths of his then estate to the Order. November 14 Discharged from the hospital, sick in quarters. As usual, he was dressed stunningly, and his six-foot-two powerfully built physique made an unforgettable silhouette against the great window. She also helped his spelling, as he now took to writing articles on military subjects (as well as riding to hounds, playing polo, and other recreational endeavors appropriate for an officer and a gentleman). In addition to the Stations of the Cross used by the Catholics, the Greeks have a number of extra ones, so that it is practically a days trip for a Greek priest to walk down the street, as they have to stop in front of each station. Everyone offered congratulations and thanks and we got back to the business of killing Germanswith clear weather for battle. Winning converts was not easy, but Patton and Eisenhower were zealots. Heservedin numerous staff positions throughout the country. The leadership had no interest in making room for a new weapon in the shrunken army. . . It consists of nothing but barren stony hills on which a few olive trees eke out a precarious existence. This is a helluva way to die, General Patton told Gay. It never occurred to me until this flight that, at the time the Jews crossed, it was unnecessary for them to ford anything, because there is a stretch of desert from Bitter Lake to the Mediterranean which had no water on it. By Tim Shipman in . The following is the complete text of General George Patton's speech to the United States . General Patton's "Blood and Guts" Speech the Troops (Warning Language) General Patton Posted on 3/17/2003, 5:26:05 AM by The Magical Mischief Tour The Speech Given somewhere in England on June 5th, 1944 "Be seated." Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Making the situation even more painful, it was the practice in the U.S. Army to reduce returning officers to the rank they held before the war. The film concerns Patton as he leads the American forces during World War II. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler's hold over Europe. . He commented at length on the four vows that each knight took upon induction into the order: on poverty, chastity, humility, and obedience. Pestilence and famine have not touched us. In his new bookPatton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer, author Michael Keane takes readers on a journey through Patton's career in three parts: his military prowess, his inspirational bravery, and his faith. Decades later, in a February 1, 1945 memo, Eisenhower rankedthe military capabilities of his subordinate American generals in Europe. The Germans were fed information that when the bridgehead was establishedby six Allied assault divisions, a huge force of fifty divisionswould exploit the opening. . An enemy machine gun bullethad torn through his body, entering his groin and exiting his buttocks,ripping open a wound the size of a teacup. On December 21, Beatrice read to Patton from John Steinbecks novel The Red Pony. Even the most enlightened of our politicians are blind and mad with self delusion. In this sense, prayer was no different from training, leadership, technology, or firepower. . JulyAugust Patton received individual instruction in fencing at Saumur, France. Though he had been sidelined from the invasion, he played an important role in it by his absence. I believe that prayer completes that circuit. The defending Germans had pre-positioned at least twenty-five machine gun nests to protect the town. The General agreed, wrote a short greeting, and the card was made up, published, and distributed to the troops on the twenty-second of December. As he lay bleeding in a bomb crater, Patton ordered Angelo toreturn to the tanks and point out the location of the machine gunnests. Some men are cowards but theyfight the same as the brave men or they get the hellslammed out of them watching other men fight who arejust as scared as they are. Some day I want to see the Germans raise up on theirpiss-soaked hind legs and howl, Jesus Christ, its thatgoddamned Third Army again and that son of a bitchPatton.. He sat beside her in church each Sunday as she recited the liturgical responses from the Book of Com-mon Prayer, and he developed an amazing capacity to repeat passages at length. Every manis a vital link in the great chain. When there is fighting, everyone prays, but now with this constant rainwhen things are quiet, dangerously quiet, men just sit and wait for things to happen. The soldier who cracks up does not need sympathy or comfort as much as he needs strength. For Patton, God was not a distant and impersonal being but a companion with whom he had a personal relationship. Ike revealed his reasoningin a 1946 review of the bookPatton and His Third Army: George Patton was the most brilliant commander of an army in the open field that our or any other service produced. He was dying, but he had nofear of death. He came in fifth. the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France, code named "Overlord". All the faces looked at Patton impersonally, as if waiting forhim to join them. May 12 Patton launched Operation Cowboy in Hostau, Czechoslovakia, rescuing 1,200 horses, including 375 of the Lipizzan breed, from potential Soviet slaughter. Patton seemed to understand instinctively that the faces werebeckoning him to his destiny. Thats why Americans havenever lost and will never lose a war; for the very idea oflosing is hateful to an American. click here for our comprehensive guide to General Patton. At the end of 1917 he was assigned to establish the American Expeditionary Force Light Tank School. But Pattons faith was not a mere contrivance with which he cynically tried to motivate his men. To beat such men, you must not despise their ability, but you must be confident in your own superiority. Rip them up the belly. I guess I need it. The chaplain entered, said a few prayers and Patton thanked him. Few would have predicted that Eisenhower would become the most brilliant star of the West Point class of 1915the class the stars fell on.. It is a much less formidable obstacle than I had gathered from the books. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry it out: thats working. living Goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. Children of a free and sheltered people who have lived a generous life, we have not the pugnacious disposition of those oppressed beasts our enemies, who must fight or starve. He had a massive library, a "who's who," of ancient and modern war.. We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the bestspirit, and the best men in the world. He first came to attention as a commander fighting Pancho Villa in Mexico and helped revolutionize the use of tanks in warfare. We are not trying to make the best of these days. 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