[rollei_list] Re: OT - Best Patton biography?
- From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:26:13 -0400
At 09:45 PM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
Thanks much, Marc.
Patton is a most fascinating creature, and the
movie does him well, albeit his voice was
high-pitched and often squeaky. He recounted
that the only time he had been afraid under enemy
fire was his first exposure and that he could not
admit that as plodding along beside him was
Douglas MacArthur, the 42nd Division's "Hell for
Breakfast Baby". So, Patton just walked along and did the job as assigned.
Patton was wounded in WWI, to his chagrin in the
backside, by an artillery shell bursting behind him.
Patton almost certainly suffered from repetitive
cerebral edemae caused by his frequent falls
while playing wild-man polo; this may explain
his erratic behavior during the Second World War.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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