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Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by LubeMaster77
Too bad the 'book' wasn't in the vest pocket of one of these maslums...
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Good one. Still remember when a sniper was asked by one of the stoopid television people "what do you feel when you shoot a terrorist" and his answer was "recoil."
R50/2,
I agree with most of your post but Gen Patton's job was to kill Nazi's and end the war. Even at this stage in the world the damm press was getting their noses where it did not belong and effected the outcome of the war. Yes, Patton did get replaced and did not fight during the Normandy invasion but Bradley knew that he was the only man to command the Army group once on-shore and turned him loose once things had died down.
His march across Europe to defeat the Nazi's was one for the textbooks, especially his 3rd Army group breaking the Bastogne blockade with no notice in the middle of a fight in winter.
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Last edited by Joeaksa; 05-19-2008 at 08:24 AM..
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