Josiah Gray finishes April with a flourish as Nats avoid a series sweep. Of course, she declared, he should be buried here. But he was ignored. George Patton - Death, WW2 & Military Career - Biography MY THEORY WOULD BE THAT THE GENERAL WAS NOT OF SOUND MIND AND HIS DEATH COULD BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE FOR MANY POLITICIANS AND LEADERS. Behind them are Beatrices brother, Frederick Ayer, and Major General Hobart Hap Gay, who was with Patton at the time of his car accident. Would like to buy the book above, since my father Peter Beck surrendered to George Patton, the Russians on his heels. PDF The Many Faces of George S Showing a few signs of recovery, his doctors put him in a body cast to prepare him for a flight home to the United States. The official cause of death was pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure. Patton, too, seems to have known that his injuries were irreversible, if not terminal. Pattons diary entry ended with the words, I took the train., The following day Bedell Smith phoned Patton and read a letter to him from Eisenhower. On May 26, 1910, he married Beatrice Banning Ayer, the daughter of Boston industrial tycoon Frederick Ayer. Mrs Beatrice Ayer Patton Waters (1911-1952) - Find It is to be found on battlefields from Morocco to Bad Tlz. Dead from injuries sustained in a car crash after the close of WWII, General George S. Patton, Jr. left in his wake a tremendous legacy. No doubt with this in mind Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson did just that at a press conference in Washington on June 14; Patton was left merely to add a few comments about the Germans and the Third Army. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. shock and flaw (@sbwheat1) august 22, 2021. He was obviously in a post which he was unsuited by temperament, training or experience to fill. Another was Sean Flynn, Erroll Flynns son, who was a combat photograher at the same time and who almost certainly would have photographed someone as significant as a Patton descendant in combat. He was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery under fire. Those who knew the Pattons were aware of the vital role Beatrice played in his reaching his destiny, but few others . He acknowledged that he was a terrible politician. Patton was born to a wealthy California family and enjoyed a privileged childhood. George Patton Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements He wrote in his diary, If we let Germany and the German people be completely disintegrated and starved, they will certainly fall for Communism, and the fall of Germany for Communism will write the epitaph of democracy in the United States. He always said Patton saved my life, I would not be home by now, but a war prisoner in Russia. But Ive been in Garmish and numerous places where your Grandpa was and it ALWAYS moved me to tears! Death of General George S Patton - General George S Patton Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration. George S. Patton (son) George S. Patton (grandson) Colonel George Patton Sr. (June 26, 1833 - September 25, 1864) was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Gordon made a play for the general, DEste wrote, and after Patton and Gordon returned from an unchaperoned trip to another island, Beatrice realized that they were having an affair, he wrote.
