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...Patton turned to the medical officer and asked, "What's this man talking about? What's wrong with him-if anything?" Patton began to shout at the man. His high voice rose to a scream, in such language as: "You dirty no-good - - - -! You cowardly -! You're a disgrace to the Army and you're going right back to the front to fight, although that's too good for you. . . ." Patton reached for his white-handled single-action Colt...
...quivering on his cot. Patton slapped him sharply across the face, turned to the commanding medical officer who had come in when he heard Patton's high-pitched imprecations. "I want you to get that man out of here right away. I won't have these other brave boys seeing such a bastard babied...
...Breaks Me Down. . . ." Patton started to leave the tent, wheeled when he heard the man sobbing, ran back and hit him again. The medical commander was helpless. He accompanied Patton to another tent. The General asked more questions of wounded men. Then he broke into a sob: "I can't help it, but it breaks me down to see you brave boys...
...left the hospital, General Patton spoke again to the medical officer: "I meant what I said about getting that coward out of here...
...soldier whom swashbuckling Georgie Patton struck was a volunteer; he had been in the Army four years. He had enlisted when he was 18, had served in both the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns. The preliminary diagnosis turned out to be incomplete. He was also suffering from malaria, had a high fever...