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Lieut. General George Smith Patton Jr., who had scandalized his fellow officers and angered the U.S. public, whose promotion the U.S. Senate had righteously turned down, was last week again an admired U.S. general. The British press idolized him, the U.S. press forgave him and the Senate fell over itself to confirm his nomination to permanent rank of major general...
...this restoration, Patton could thank his superiors, General Eisenhower and General Marshall. After Patton's hysterical slapping of two enlisted men in the Sicilian campaign, Eisenhower ordered him to make a public apology, but he did not fire him. After Patton blurted out his opinions on foreign affairs, Eisenhower put him in wraps. Shrill voice, riding breeches, starred helmet, pearl-handled pistols and all, George Patton disappeared from view...
...smallest military organization he has ever commanded in actual combat was the Allied Expeditionary Force that went into French North Africa in November 1942. He has no specific battle experience remotely comparable to that of Britain's Generals Montgomery and Alexander, or such U.S. generals as Bradley and Patton. What he has got is the proved ability to work generals - along with airmen, Navy men and lesser soldiers by the million...
...Georgie Patton, the Senators, who had brooded seven months over his case, indicated that they might relent later. Said one Committeeman: "If he does something gallant in the field, if he makes a good record in the invasion, he'll probably come through all right. But he'll have to keep his mouth shut and control his temper...
Actually the Committee's slap at General Patton will cost him little more than prestige. He already has almost 40 years' service, is thus eligible to retire at any time on three-quarters pay. The law says that an officer retires at the highest rank he held in active service. So when General Patton retires, he will be a lieutenant general anyhow...