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Coming in the greatest week of the war -when the Jap Cabinet fell, the Russians denounced their neutrality pact with the Japanese, the remnants of the Jap fleet were almost put out of business; when U.S. spearheads cut to within 128 miles of Berlin, and General Patton stumbled on the fabulous Nazi gold hoard-Eisenhower's letter had a sobering effect...
Strikes & Pauses. Patton has had much success in fooling Germans. Few U.S. generals know the German military mind as well. Patton has studied Germans diligently from Africa northward, from Normandy eastward. When Patton moves swiftly, as in the Rhine crossing, it is because he knows the Germans expect him to pause. When he pauses, it is most likely because he knows the Germans are set for him to strike...
...Patton also knows his enemy's weapons and, among others in the field, has been defender of the highly maneuverable U.S. Sherman tank v. heavier German tanks. Last week the General apparently had a clinching last word in the tank argument. He could say: look where ours are, and look where theirs...
...Europe this week the Patton legend was still growing, its newest a song composed by Americans liberated at the Ziegenhain Prison Camp. After the General's 6th Armored Division had rolled up and turned them loose, the Yanks set their theme song to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. It began...
Come and get us, Georgie Patton, so we can come rambling home...