Thus, he made a point of sporting a smart uniform complete with stars, riding boots and ivory-handled revolvers. However, it is important to stress that Patton’s superb generalship was due 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.