Unlike many commanders of that era who dressed in uniforms indistinguishable from their men and which concealed their rank, Patton believed that it was important for a general to stand out and to ...

Patton’s widow, Beatrice Ayer, passed the stars to the general’s WWII-era operations officer — Gen. Paul Harkins — when he received his second star and took command of the 45th Infantry ...

In his 2014 book Killing Patton, conservative TV personality and author Bill O’Reilly refers to General George S. Patton as the best general in World War II.In his deeply right wing view, Patton ...

General George S. Patton was paralyzed in an auto accident in Germany on Dec. 9, 1945, and died in a Heidelberg hospital 12 days later. His death spared conspiracy theories.