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...treacherous sink of Chott el-Fedjedj hemmed Rommel's inland flank. Just north of the chott were the U.S. troops of Lieut. General George S. Patton Jr., threatening to drive down out of the hills, cut across to the seacoast and block the German retreat. At Bou Hamran they were only 55 miles from the coast; in their position east of Maknassy, only...
...days and many blunders (not necessarily his own). At the end he strode into the headquarters of Admiral Michelier with a pair of pearl-handled .45-caliber pistols strapped to his legs and a tommy gun under one arm. So impressed was the Sultan of Morocco that he presented Patton with the special order of Ouissam Alaouite, with the citation: "Les Lions dans leurs tanières tremblent en le voyant approcher" (The lions in their dens tremble at his approach). According to unofficial reports, he also impressed Franco's commanders in Spanish Morocco, doing a valuable service...
...Soldiers," says Patton, "fight primarily for two reasons: hero worship for a commanding officer and the desire for glory." He used to inspire his men with four-letter oratory and assurances that he, Georgie Patton, would know what to do when he got those German so-&-sos in his gunsights...
...General Patton now has the Germans at gun point. Over him, as over many a man who boasted and failed, now hangs the awful star of battle. When the battle is done, he will not need to boast. The record will be there, for the living among his men to read...
...field Giraud conferred with Eisenhower, Lieut. General George Patton and General Sir Harold Alexander, helped direct the capture of Gafsa (see p. 14). A German plane flew low over his own jeep but did not strafe it. Giraud shrugged his shoulders, thinking of his baraka (a supernatural ability to escape death). Wherever he went he asked: "Le Boche-where...