{"id":5187,"date":"2019-12-02T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T00:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2019-12-02T19:18:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T00:18:39","slug":"war-pigs-anecdotes-on-general-patton-the-younger-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/02\/war-pigs-anecdotes-on-general-patton-the-younger-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"War Pig\u2019s Anecdotes on General Patton the Younger \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my very interesting readers, War Pig, was inspired by the General Patton quotes this week to provide a personal remembrance of General Patton the Younger in the comments.\u00a0 On hearing that he had more stories I asked if he\u2019d provide them and allow me to post them here.\u00a0 He kindly agreed and here they are.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some personal anecdotes about Major General George S. Patton IV (son of the WWII Patton).<\/p>\n

General Patton the Younger (as we called him) was every bit as much of a firebrand as his father, and could be as spectacularly profane as his sire.<\/p>\n

I was a young sergeant assigned to the 2nd Armored Division at Ft Hood, Texas in the middle 1970s. Patton commanded the division back then. He spent as much time as he could riding in his specially modified jeep and out of headquarters. You never knew when or where he\u2019d show up. His jeep had a bar on his side for him to hold onto. He disliked sitting as he had a bad hip. He also had a flasher light and a siren installed. His driver was on leave for some reason and he called my brigade for a replacement. I was a counterintelligence agent and I was attached to the division artillery. The Command Sergeant Major wasn’t too fond of intel types so he tasked me to drive Patton for almost 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

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As I have said elsewhere, Patton despised lieutenants. He said to me, once; \u201cA private knows nothing and we expect him to do nothing more than to follow orders. Unfortunately, lieutenants also know nothing yet they are allowed to give orders. Without a good sergeant, a lieutenant is the most dangerous thing on the battlefield \u2013 to our own cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patton had a high regard for NCOs. But had little time for officers below Lt Colonel. He also trusted the troops, the enlisted men. My time driving for him was interesting, to say the least. He had a deep respect and care for the enlisted men under his command.<\/p>\n

One day that summer it was a Black Flag day. It was so hot and humid that training was to be kept indoors if possible. The heat index that day was, I believe, 110 degrees. Of course, I drove Patton\u2019s jeep as it was open-topped and we were moving. We were heading to corps headquarters for some briefing or another. As we were driving along Patton yelled; \u201cStop this f**king jeep!\u201d I stopped as quickly as I could without throwing him head first over the windshield. Between two barracks was a platoon of soldiers doing close order drill on the dry grass. In the heat, on a black flag day. \u201cPull over there!\u201d he yelled. I drove across the concrete median, over the sidewalk and up to the platoon on the grass. Patton\u2019s jeep went where Patton said, and screw the traffic laws. In the shade stood a platoon sergeant, looking pissed off.<\/p>\n

The lieutenant saluted but Patton yelled; \u201cWhat the f**k do you think you\u2019re doing? Where in hell\u2019s your platoon sergeant and why isn’t he kicking your ass right now? Who\u2019s your company \u2013 your battalion \u2013 who\u2019s your brigade commander lieutenant?!\u201d<\/p>\n

The lieutenant tried to stammer out a reply but Patton was on a roll. \u201cWhat the f**k are you doing? Answer me!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe platoon needed discipline, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n

About this time Patton saw the platoon sergeant. \u201cWhy aren’t you kicking his ass, sergeant?\u201d To which the sergeant answered that he was ordered to stand aside.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou!\u201d Patton said to the lieutenant, \u201cYou will have yourself and your entire chain of command in my office at sixteen hundred. You got me?!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSergeant, you are now in command of this platoon until further notice. Dismiss the men.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n

We went to the meeting\/briefing\/conference. We were back in Patton\u2019s office before 16:00 Waiting outside were the lieutenant, his company commander, the battalion commander and the brigade commander. They were called into the office in order of seniority, the door was closed, and loud voices were heard. By the time the lieutenant was called in I was sitting by the door and could hear what was said. Patton was swearing up a storm and the young lieutenant was catching it for disobeying a training directive, putting his troops in danger of heat stroke, and refusing to listen to his platoon sergeant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, you\u2019re f**king fired. Relieved of command of the platoon and a commanding general\u2019s official letter of reprimand will be placed in your records.\u201d<\/p>\n

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