[Milsurplus] Blood n Guts

[J. Forster]

> de WB2CPN
> Patton was a real bastard.

Sometimes it TAKES a bastard.

> Him and his two pearl-handled .45 revolvers.

McArthur had his upside-down pipe, others their ideosyncracies. Churchill
his cigars.

> He didn't die a natural death, did he?

I think he died in a car crash.

> Good thing Eisenhower stopped him from
> going into Eastern Europe.  Austria was as
> far as he got.   Eisenhower cut off the fuel
> for the tanks and vehicles.

It was probably good, because Russi9a was well armed and the US was
war-weary. OTOH, the whole cold war might not have happened.

> I suppose you have heard how Patton killed
> the farmer's horse on the bridge.

A CORRECT move. The horse was blocking a column, putting it in danger.
Would you kill hundreds of people to save a horse?...  if so, consider
joining PETA!

> And how the troops in the Third Army couldn't
> take off their shirts, or roll up their shirt sleeves,
> while outside the barracks.

There is a difference between an army and a rabble.

YMMV,

-John

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> Clete   (USAF Retired).
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> On 11/11/2013 2:49 PM, Robert Nickels wrote:
>> On 11/11/2013 1:30 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
>>> It was Patton who said, your job is not to die for your country, but
>>> to make the other poor bastard
>>>
>>> die for HIS country.
>> Perhaps, as part of recognizing and appreciating our Veterans today,
>> some may want to take a few minutes and re-read "The Speech":
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton%27s_speech_to_the_Third_Army
>>
>> One of America's best, born 128 years ago this day.
>>
>>
>> In appreciation to all Veterans for your sacrifice and service,
>>
>> 73, Bob W9RAN
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