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George S. Patton was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1909. He became a full (4 star) general in 1945 after having served throughout WW1 and WW2, as well as in Mexico in 1917. General Patton established a tank training school in France and commanded a tank brigade before he took over US forces in North Africa and Sicily in 1942 and 1943. Early in 1944 he commanded the US Third Army and then led the US armored corp into Germany after D-Day. After the war Patton served as military governor of Bavaria for a short while. He died in December of 1945 as the result of an automobile accident in the US.

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General George Patton Jr. was known as "Old Blood and Guts".

Was one of the most colorful generals of World War II.

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