Thanks for posting, very interesting.

Thanks for that, My Dad fought w/67th Armoured Inf. BN in the Rhineland, Ruhr area. He won a battelfield commision to Staff Sergeant. Ended up in Braunau, Austria, Hitler's birthplace. His brother, believe it or my Uncle Sam also fought in Germany. He got the lucky duty of being a BAR man cause he was so small, 120lbs wet,lol. Small target. I have my Dad's disharge card and papers. C ya.

My boss at one time had been assigned to take care of Patton's command cars. In a discussion he said ' you bet I could make any of his cars do a nice rooster tail !'

I have great respect for the Third Armored and for Gen. Patton.

At the same time, I personally knew a medical doctor who served with them and he hated Patton. He said he was simply a butcher. Yes, I understand Patton's point of view that intense aggression would prevail. It did. It also had a lasting effect on those who were there.

Merry Christmas.

Good stuff. My great uncle served in the 179th Field Artillery Battalion and it was attached to the 4th Armored Divison for much of 1945.