I have fought with gun and cutlass On the red and slippery deck With all Hell aflame within me And a rope around my neck. - George S. Patton

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I have fought with gun and cutlass On the red and slippery deck With all Hell aflame within me And a rope around my neck.

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About George S. Patton

General George Smith Patton, Jr. (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army, who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of World War II, but is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. He was known in his time as "America's Fightingest General".

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Native Name: George Smith Patton, Jr.
Also Known As: Old Blood and Guts
Alternative Names: The Old Man Bandito General Patton G.S. Patton George Patton George Smith Patton G.S. Patton, Jr.
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