General George S. Patton was commander of the Seventh United States Army in which conflict?
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber". He competed in modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Owen Tucker
George C. Scott as Gen. Patton was great… very memorable speech given to his fighting men.
grapevinehats
Patton is buried in Luxemburg city with his men.
Tom Knox
As an alumnus of VMI, we were always reminded that Gen. Patton attended the Institute. Rumor is that he rode a horse up to the fourth stoop in barracks when he learned of his acceptance to West Point. The horse was unable to go back down the stairs so it had to be destroyed, which got got Patton kicked out of VMI and into West Point.
Elsy O. Stromberg
Johnny Rock, Better than a lot of them we see though.
John Butcher
His claim to fame was being in command of the 3rd Army. The 7th Army was mostly administration after the war was over.
Johnny Rock
Not a rocket surgery question Stevie G.