PATTON: A BIOGRAPHY (27 page)

As it was, Patton accomplished enough to make himself instrumental in winning the war in Europe. Had Eisenhower and Bradley really been the mediocre commanders Patton at times privately thought they were, he would not have been given any of the opportunities he invariably converted into victories. As Eisenhower observed, “He was one of those men born to be a soldier.”
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Introduction

1.    Rundstedt quoted in Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 296.

2.    Stalin quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
296.

3. Lucian K. Truscott,
Command Missions
(New York: E. P. Dutton, 1954), 509; Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 440 and 800.

4.    Dwight Macdonald quoted in John Phillips, “The Ordeal of George Patton,”
New York Review of Books,
December 31, 1964; Andy Rooney quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
813.

5.    Alan Axelrod,
Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare
(Paramus, N.J.: Prentice Hall Press, 1999), 8-9.

6.    Dwight David Eisenhower,
Crusade in Europe,
reprint ed. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), 180-81.

7.    Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., ed.,
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: The War Years
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970), III: 1594-95.

Chapter 1

1.    George S. Patton, Jr.,
War as I Knew It,
reprint ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995), 92 and 111; Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 320 and 324.

2.    Patton, letter to Frederick Ayer, January 3, 1909, in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 157-58.

3.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 16.

4.    Patton, field notebook, quoted in Alan Axelrod,
Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare
(Paramus, N.J.: Prentice Hall Press, 1999), 74.

5.    Blumenson,
Patton,
31.

6.    Patton, letter to Beatrice Ayer, January 10, 1903, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
45.

7.    Patton, “My Father as I Knew Him” (unpublished manuscript), in Blumen-

son, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
58.

Chapter 2

1.    Patton, “My Father as I Knew Him” (unpublished manuscript), in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 61.

2.    Father, letter to Patton, September 27, 1903, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
61.

3.    Patton, “My Father as I Knew Him” (unpublished manuscript), in Blumen-son, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
62; Patton, letter to Father, December 13, 1903, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
62.

4.    Father, letter to Patton, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
83-84.

5.    Strother, letter, January 31, 1904, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
84-85 and 77.

6.    Patton, letter to Mother, June 21, 1904, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
89.

7.    Patton, letter to Father, July 3, 1904, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
90.

8.    Patton, letters to Father, July 31, 1904; “end of November” 1904; January 27, 1905; Patton, letter to Father, April 9, 1905; Patton, telegram to Father, June 12, 1905; Father, telegram to Patton, June 13, 1905, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
93, 106, 110, 113, and 116.

9.    Patton, undated notebook entry, quoted in Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/Morrow, 1985), 53.

10.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, quoted in    Blumenson,    
Patton,
   54.

11.    George S. Patton Jr.,
War as    I Knew It,
   reprint    ed.    (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995), 187.

12.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, February 22, 1908, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
141.

13.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, February 16, 1909, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
166.

14.    Captain Francis C. Marshall quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
63.

15.    Blumenson,
Patton,
63

16.    Blumenson,
Patton,
64

17.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, February 28, 1910, and Patton, letter to Mother, March 6, 1910, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
197 and 199.

18.    “My Father as I Knew Him” (unpublished manuscript), quoted in Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 134.

19.    “My Father as I Knew Him” (unpublished manuscript), quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
134.

Chapter
3

1.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, quoted in Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 75.

2.    Patton, letter to Father, April 19, 1914, in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 273.

3.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
76.

4.    Blumenson,
Patton,
78.

5.    Blumenson,
Patton,
78.

6.    Patton, letter to Father, April 19, 1914, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
307.

7.    Ladislas Farago,
The Last Days of Patton
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981), 285.

8.    Quoted in Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 161.

9.    Patton, letter to Father, quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
163.

10.    Patton, letter to Father, quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
163.

11.    Patton, “Personal Glimpses of General Pershing” (unpublished manuscript), quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
168.

12.    Patton, letter to Father, April 17, 1916, quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
173; Patton, diary entry, quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
83.

13.    Patton’s account of the episode is given in D’Este,
Patton,
   172-177.

14.    Patton, diary, May 18, 1916, in Blumenson, ed.,    
The    Patton Papers 
1885-1940,
339.

15.    Patton quoted in Frank E. Vandiver,
Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing
(College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1997), II: 658.

16.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, October 7, 1916, quoted in D’Este,
Patton,
181.

17.    Pershing, letter to Patton, October 16, 1916, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
354.

Chapter 4

1.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, October 2, 1917, in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The 
Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 426.

2.    Patton, undated diary entry, and Patton, letter to Pershing, October 3, 1917, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
426 and 427.

3.    Patton, diary, November 3, 1917, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
429.

4.    Patton, letter to Father, November 6, 1917, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
432-33.

5.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, November 26, 1917, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
445-46.

6.    Patton, diary, December 15, 1917, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
459.

7.    Patton, instructions to troops, September 11, 1918, in Blumenson, ed.,
The 
Patton Papers 1885-1940,
581-82.

8.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 109.

9.    Blumenson,
Patton,
110.

10. Patton’s account is given in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
613-14.

11.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
114.

Chapter 5

1.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 121.

2.    Blumenson,
Patton,
121.

3.    Patton, “The Obligation of Being an Officer,” quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
122.

4.    Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 339.

5.    Blumenson,
Patton,
128.

6.    Patton, “Federal Troops in Domestic Disturbances,” unpublished paper (ca. 1932) quoted in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 898.

7.    The incident is narrated in Blumenson,
Patton,
136.

Chapter 6

1.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 140.

2.    George C. Marshall, letter to Patton, September 23, 1939, in Martin Blu-menson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1885-1940,
reprint ed. (Bridgewater, N.J.: Replica Books, 1999), 994.

3.    Blumenson,
Patton,
151.

4.    Blumenson,
Patton,156.

5.    George S. Patton Jr.,
War as I Knew It,
reprint ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995), 335.

6.    Patton, “Notes    on Tactics and Techniques of Desert Warfare (Provisional),” July 30, 1942,    in Martin Blumenson, ed.,    
The Patton Papers 1940-1945, 
reprint ed. (New York: Da Capo, 1996), 74.

7.    Patton, farewell address to troops, Desert Training Center, in Blumenson, ed., 
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
73.

Chapter 7

1.    Patton, diary, August 9, 1942, in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
reprint ed. (New York: Da Capo, 1996), 82.

2.    Robert Coram,    
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who    Changed the Art of War
(Boston: Little, Brown, 2002), 424; George S. Patton    Jr.,
War as I Knew It,
reprint ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995), 348.

3.    Patton, diary, August 11, 1942, and other comments, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
82-83.

4.    Patton, letter to Beatrice, August 11, 1942, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
83.

5.    Patton, diary, September 24, 1942, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
86.

6.    Patton, letters to Mrs. Francis C. Marshall, Andre W. Brewster, James G. Har-bord, and Frederick Ayer, quoted in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
91-92.

7.    Patton,
War as I Knew It,
7-8.

8.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend,    1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 172.

9.    Blumenson,
Patton,
174.

10.    Patton, diary, November 30, 1942, and letter to Beatrice, December 2, 1942, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
130-131.

11.    Blumenson,
Patton,
176 and 180.

12.    Eisenhower, Secret Memorandum to Patton, in Alfred D,    Chandler, Jr., ed., 
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: The War Years
   (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970, II: 1010-11.

13.    The incident is narrated in Blumenson,
Patton,
185.

14.    Eisenhower, letter, April 14, 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,    
The Patton Papers 
1940-1945,
220; Marshall quoted in Blumenson,
Patton,
   189; Patton, diary, April 15, 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
221.

Chapter 8

1. Patton, letter to Beatrice, April 29, 1943, in Martin Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
reprint ed. (New York: Da Capo, 1996), 237.

2.    Patton, diary, May 3, 1943, quoted in Carlo D’Este,
Patton: A Genius for War
(New York: HarperCollins, 1995), 494-95.

3.    Patton, letter of instruction to subordinate officers, June 5, 1943, in Blumen-son, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
262-63.

4.    Patton, message to men while at sea, July 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
274-75.

5.    Martin Blumenson,
Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945
(New York: Quill/William Morrow, 1985), 198.

6.    Patton, diary, July 10, 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
280.

7.    Patton quoted in Harry Semmes,
Portrait of Patton
(New York: Paperback Library, 1970), 160-61.

8. Gay’s deception is documented in D’Este,
Patton,
519.

9. Patton, letter to Beatrice, March 1944, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
296.

10.    Patton, letter to Troy Middleton, July 28, 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
306.

11.    Patton, diary, August 10 and 11, 1943, in Blumenson, ed.,
The Patton Papers 1940-1945,
319-20.