I know the Lord will help us again. The Japanese saw the storm as a divine wind sent by the gods to save them. Every manis a vital link in the great chain. . For a man driven by a belief in his own destiny to lead troops in war-fare, peace was more frightening than war. Please use this data for any reference citations. General Patton Speech | 6th Armored Division | 31 May 1944 Alyosha 394 subscribers Subscribe 2.3K Share 92K views 4 years ago General George S. Patton speech to the 6th Armored. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler's hold over Europe. The purpose of this note is to express to you personally my deep appreciation of the splendid way in which you have conducted Third Army operations from the moment it entered battle last August 1. On December 21, Beatrice read to Patton from John Steinbecks novel The Red Pony. They both contemplated leaving the service, but they both stuck it out, just as a later generation of officers, in the post-Vietnam eramen like Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powellwould again rebuild the army into the worlds greatest military force. The general considered himself a descendant of the warriors, part of the same lineage of warriors who gladly risked their lives for a noble cause. I do not want to be hit there again. Our bravery is too negative. The general was as affected by the Crusader sights as he was the Biblical locations. They werefaces of his ancestors. . I hope that too stops. When the war ended, Patton said, 'You don't know what Hell looks like from the top, but that's what Germany looks like'. You sure stand in good with the Lord and the soldiers. The General then pinned a Bronze Star Medal on Chaplain ONeill. March 23 Patton, as commanding officer of the American Tank School in France, received his first 10 light tanks by train. At the time of his speech, he was a full general (four stars), as evidenced by his helmet. Few would have predicted that Eisenhower would become the most brilliant star of the West Point class of 1915the class the stars fell on.. From the Forum we got into the cars and drove to the Garden of Gethsemane, where there are still olive trees which just possibly may have been in existence at the time of the Crucifixion. It never occurred to me until this flight that, at the time the Jews crossed, it was unnecessary for them to ford anything, because there is a stretch of desert from Bitter Lake to the Mediterranean which had no water on it. I should be both ungrateful and wanting in candor if I failed to acknowledge the debt we owe to our Chiefs of Staff, Generals Gaffey and Gay, and to the officers and men of the General and Special Staff Sections of Army Headquarters. He reduced his Army from thirty-two thousand to three hundred men lest the people of Israel would think that their valor had saved them. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Praying, he said, is like plugging in on a current whose source is in Heaven. Prayer completes the circuit. It's just about him. In my mind we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died.. She bore him two daughters and a son. Patton ordered a hot turkey dinner for every soldier in the Third Army on Christmas Day. Battle is not a terrifying ordeal to be endured. The year after the publication of War As I Knew It, Monsignor ONeill felt compelled to write his own account of the prayers origin, which was published in The Military Chaplain magazine as The True Story of the Patton Prayer. ONeill complained that the footnote on the Prayer by Colonel Paul D. Harkins. Ike revealed his reasoningin a 1946 review of the bookPatton and His Third Army: George Patton was the most brilliant commander of an army in the open field that our or any other service produced. Grant us fair weather for Battle. July 26 Patton served as Commanding Officer, 2d Armored Brigade of 2d Armored Division, Fort Benning. June 11 Became Distinguished Graduate, Army War College. Yet he still viewed the Holy Land as a general, viewingthe Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Promised Land in terms of logistics, supply chains, and provisions. It's just called "Patton". Im tired of these soldiers having to fight mud and floods as well as Germans. If theres any doubt in any of your Goddamn minds that Im going to be paralyzed for the rest of my life, lets cut out all this horse-shit right now and let me die, Patton lashed out. For this,. Thats why Americans havenever lost and will never lose a war; for the very idea oflosing is hateful to an American. . My men dont dig foxholes. World War Two Timeline From The Great War To Germanys Surrender. After lunching with the Commanding General, we drove back to the airfield and flew back to Cairo along the coast, passing over Gaza. Brave, undisciplinedmen have no chance against the discipline andvalor of other men. It is thus one of historysironies that General Pattons greatest victory might have come in abattle in which he played no active role. Guts. As the official British history notes, it wasthe most complex and successful deception operation in the entirehistory of the war., A month after the Normandy invasion, secretly landing at an airstripnear Omaha Beach, Patton entered a waiting jeep. Patton believed that without prayer, his soldiers would crack up under the unrelenting pressures of battle. Men this stuff that some sources sling around aboutAmerica wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight,is a crock of bullshit. . He took an interest in tanks and studied this emerging form of mobile weaponry with intensity. And dontgive the enemy time to dig one either. Live to return to our family and our girl as conquering heroesmen of Mars. As a career military man, Patton couldnt help but be fascinated by theircustoms. He did not literally run over bodies. About a hundred and fifty doughboys followed him, but when theyarrived at the crest of the hill, the onslaught of gunfire forced themall to the ground, hugging it for protection. The true story of the friendship-and rivalry-among the greatest American generals of World War II. But they also shared an intricate web of relationships going back decades. Patton restarted the course and graduated in 1909 (46/103) and won a commission in the cavalry. He wrote to his wife Beatrice on July 10, 1944, Sunday Iwent to a field mass. All the faces looked at Patton impersonally, as if waiting forhim to join them. In addition, they had killed or wounded an estimated 88,000 enemy soldiers and taken another 30,000 prisoner. I want to talk to you about this business of prayer. Patton rubbed his face in his hands, sat silently for a moment, then rose up and walked to the high window of the office where he stood with his back to ONeill, watching the falling rain. It appears as a footnote in War As I Knew It, a book based on Pattons diaries and published in 1947, after his death. Death must not be feared. He wanted torun. Hands lifted up, said Bossuet, smash more battalions than hands that strike. Gideon of Bible fame was least in his fathers house. I was shotin the behind in World War I! General George S. Patton Jr. was buried at mid-morning on December 24, 1945, in a grave dug by German prisoners of war. . Thirty years from now, when youare sitting around the fireside with your grandson onyour knee and he asks what you did in the great WorldWar II, you wont have to say, I shoveled shit in Louisiana.. Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight; and if the world goes from bad to worse, it is because there are more battles than prayers. . He convinced General Pershing that he should serve him as his aide. 1924 July 30 Patton was an Honor Graduate, Command and General Staff College. That is not the way to win battles. December 16 Patton was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. . A week before the Rhine crossing, General Patton had held a press conference in which he delivered a classic performance, mixing the humorous, provocative, and the profane. Known as "Old Blood and Guts," George S. Patton, Jr. was one of the most colorful generals of World War II. A man must be alert at all times if he expects to stayalive. The others lay dead or wounded. Thetrouser legs were skinny and shoved into his black, laced-up fieldboots. With the same IF as before they will make a brigade and I will get the star(of a brigadier general). It is power.. On Christmas Eve, General Patton and Omar Bradley attended a candle-light church service in Luxembourg City, sitting in a box once used by Kaiser Wilhelm II. An enemy machine gun bullethad torn through his body, entering his groin and exiting his buttocks,ripping open a wound the size of a teacup. We reached Cairo just at dark, having completed in one day the trip which took the Children of Israel forty years to accomplish. Keep moving. On February 14, 1943, Rommels Tenth and Twenty-first Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Korps launched an attack against the U.S. position. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military . I will run the school. . Patton was known as "Blood & Guts" ("Our blood, his guts"), was a common gripe among his troops for his hard-driving discipline, which paid off in lower casualties and great success on the battlefield. Remember that these enemies, whom we shall have the honor to destroy, are good soldiers and stark fighters. August 10 Patton visited the 93rd Evacuation Hospital in Sicily, Italy, and berated Private Paul Bennett for cowardice. Since all these genealogies, covering the knights from sometime in 1100 to date, are preserved in the library, it gives the greatest historical family tree in the world. Haig, who didnt think much of most American officers, liked Patton, calling him a fireeater who longs for the fray. Patton, in turn, liked Haig, a fellow cavalryman, thinking him a proper polo-playing gentleman and even more of a charger than I am.7. All real . You can also buy the book by clicking on the buttons to the left. . Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. October 2 Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general. The official cause of death was pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure. Prior to the termination of active hos-tilities, you had captured in battle 956,000 enemy soldiers and killed or wounded at least 500,000 others. . . But we are not stopping at the Siegfried Line. That is fearless and untiring in doing our duty as we see it.Patton concluded with a list of recommendations for good behavior and decorum, essentially acting as Colonel Manners. . With that the general rose from his chair, indicating that the meeting was concluded, and ONeill returned to his office to prepare the training letter Patton had requested. The day after ONeill had shown Patton the prayer for fair weather for battle and the accompanying Christmas greeting, he presented the general with Training Letter No. He did give a speech very similar to . Seventh Armyin theMediterraneanandEuropean theaters of World War II. the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France, code named "Overlord". General George S. Patton himself would most certainly have approved of 10-year-old Rohn Zenner's recital of his famous "Blood and Guts" speech in front of veterans, family members and. It gives you a thrill and my eyes filled with tears . The Allied war effort was virtually shut down for five days. This article is from the bookPatton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer2012by Michael Keane. I want a prayer.. It would do no harm to reimpress this training on chaplains. All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters,either. I wouldnt give a hoot in hell for aman who lost and laughed. Patton 360 Rogue General. Patton and his men returned to camp with the corpses of the Villaists strapped over the hoods of their cars. It would be better to attack as soon as Bradley could provide him with supplies. Brave, undisciplinedmen have no chance against the discipline andvalor of other men. Please be advised it is quite profane. A common GI saying about Patton was, "our blood, his guts." The general's low point came in August 1943 when he slapped two shell-shocked soldiers under his command for crying. General Patton knew his entrance into German-occupied territory was of monumental historical importance. Patton was notblessed with a deep, booming voice. Angelo knew that Pattonhadbeen gravely wounded and needed medical attention. In this case all the capitals were omitted and subsequently illuminated by hand. When Kublai Khan attacked the Japanese island of Kyushu with his fleet of forty-four hundred ships in 1281, he encountered a typhoon that destroyed half his fleet. When it came to men, Patton intended that the Tanks Corps standards of discipline and deportment would exceed those of other American units, and he made a special point of looking after his men, ensuring they were given the best food and billets he could muster. On the battlefield, he was a competent commander respected by both sides. He was comforted by his unshakeable faith, a faith hehad held since childhood and that he had carefully nurtured everyday since. It is time for another Patton to die, he saidaloud. George S. Patton Inspirational, Motivational, Positive 307 Copy quote Unsurprisingly, he didnt stay at his command post but roamed the field under fire, directing attacks; his tankers did well and showed plenty of fighting spirit. JulyAugust Patton received individual instruction in fencing at Saumur, France. . . In August 1918, he was placed in charge of the U.S. 1st Provisional Tank Brigade. The events of the war stayed with him the rest of his life. Blood. Patton, not wanting to compromise his armys success with publicity, telephoned Omar Bradley the following morning and uncharacteristically told him to keep it a secret. September 15 St. Mihiel Offensive was launched. Now is not the time to follow God from afar off. This Army needs the assurance and the faith that God is with us. General Patton again called me to his office. September 26 Patton was seriously wounded during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. While I was in this chapel, I secured a rosary for Mary Scally [his childhood nurse] and had it blessed at the altar. In total, 3,200 copies were distributed over ONeills signature to every unit in the Third Army. . December 8 Patton calls Chaplain James H. ONeill and asks if he has a good prayer for weather., December 1214 Prayer cards are distributed to Pattons troops, asking, Grant us fair weather for battle.. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. The public Patton was brash, self-confident, and boastful. We are advancing constantlyand we are not interested in holding onto anything except the enemys balls! July 25 Spent time in Beverly, Massachusetts hospital with a broken leg. Prayer out here is difficult. Peace was another matter. Pattons Third Army could attack twenty-four hours after getting the signal. to bea one-handed puncher. Outside, the Chaplain said, Whew, thats a tough one! The leadership had no interest in making room for a new weapon in the shrunken army. In April 1941 Patton, who had been acting commander of theSecond Armored Division for six months, was given permanentcommand and promoted to major general. Click here to see more articles in this category. Copy. . However, they did get across and Napoleon crossed at about the same place and also lost his baggage when the wind shifted. He saw action in the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916 and served with American forces in the First World War, notably at the tank . At the end of 1943, while Pattons commanders were deciding his fate, the allied leadersRoosevelt, Churchill, and Stalinmet in Tehran to discuss strategy for defeating Germany and plans for the postwar world. We straight-arm, and go around, anddodge, and go around . These rains are that margin that holds defeat or victory. He hadshown his courage and faced his fears. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., one of the most prolific war generals in American history, died on Dec. 21, 1945, after complications from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. His head was encased in a tight-fitting leather helmet withgoggles. As he searched through his prayer books, ONeill could find no formal prayers pertaining to weather, so he composed an original prayer which he typed on a three-by-five-inch card: Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. And when we get to Berlin,I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging sonof a bitch Hitler, just like Id shoot a snake! Enough War for a Lifetime. Here he wrote much of the Knights of Malta and the rules of their order. After a vigorous debate, Bradley conceded. I dont want to get any messages saying, I am holdingmy position. We are not holding a goddamned thing. George C. Scott, portraying Patton, standing in front of an immensely huge American flag, delivers his version of Patton's "Speech to the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion . We are brave. . He speaks and reads in script nine languages, so he is perfectly capable of translating the valuable collection of manuscripts in the library. Planes on combat missionsflying over and the sound of guns all the while. . Even in the heat of combat he could take time out to direct new methods to prevent trench feet, to see to it that dry socks went forward daily with the rations to troops on the line, to kneel in the mud administering morphine and caring for a wounded soldier until the ambulance came. Beatrices dinner was interrupted when the nurse suddenly noticed that Patton had stopped breathing. Nor should we forget our comrades of the other armies and of the Air Force, particularly of the XIX Tactical Air Command, by whose side or under whose wings we have had the honor to fight. May 1 Served as Control Officer, Maneuvers, Fort Beauregard, Louisiana. If youre not alert, some time a German son of abitch is going to sneak up behind you and beat you todeath with a sockful of shit! . June 9 Patton and James Doolittle were honored at a parade in Los Angeles, California. It is power.. His legend only grows in significance when you consider his achievements. Know of nothing more I can do to prepare for this attack except to read the Bible and pray. . July 7 Patton participated in Modern Pentathlon, Olympic Games. Although I looked very carefully, I could see no indication of the fighting, but I did recognize the cactus hedge where the tanks got stuck. Eisenhower prepared to leak a story that General Patton had lost his commandbecause of displeasure at some of his indiscretions and thatthe main invasion of the continent was delayed by bad weather. "Patton" (1970) General George Smith Patton, Jr. But he was only as good as the company in which he fought. Patton felt the loss of camaraderie and sense of purpose. 1911 March 19 Pattons first child, Beatrice Ayer, was born. He was promoted to first lieutenant. If the band played a piece first with the piccolo, then withthe brass horn, then with the clarinet, and then withthe trumpet, there would be a hell of a lot of noise butno music. He graduated at twenty-four, accepting a commission in the cavalry and duty at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. During these interwar years, Patton met another officer whose destiny would be bound up with his own. I do not want to be hitthere again. He sat beside her in church each Sunday as she recited the liturgical responses from the Book of Com-mon Prayer, and he developed an amazing capacity to repeat passages at length. . Perhaps most famous for his commanding of the 7th Army during World War II, Old "Blood and Guts" often gave rousing speeches to motivate, inspire, and educate his soldiers. The author/ speaker 2. I dont want them to. Patton became famous during this time for his tough motivating speeches to his troupes and earned the nickname "old blood and guts." Invasion of Italy After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered World War II. You have fought your way across 24 major rivers and innu-merable lesser streams. . Wood replied, We dont want to waste youngsters of your sort in the service of foreign nations. Great living is not all output of thought and work. If the band played a piece first with the piccolo, then withthe brass horn, then with the clarinet, and then withthe trumpet, there would be a hell of a lot of noise butno music. He personally led a troop of tanks into Germany lines near the town of Cheppy. His head was encased in a tight-fitting leather helmet withgoggles. All day the 9th of July 1943, there was a storm but it cleared at dark. He was 60 years old. Eisenhower, on the other hand, was usually underrated, his easygoing manner masking a burning ambition. . He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for . . . Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. It was not a terrible thing,he thought. The pommels of Crusaders swords were usually carved in the form of a stone or a piece of lead, which in an earlier date had actually been tied there. Patton 360 Blood & Guts. The League of Nations, which emerged from the war to end all wars, embodying President Woodrow Wilsons idealistic hopes for international understanding, would peacefully settle future disputes among nations. In 1933 General Douglas MacArthur noted that the few tanks that the army had were completely useless for employment against any modern unit on the battle-field., Like their fellow junior officers, Patton and Eisenhower suffered post-war reductions in rank, deplorable living conditions, and miserable pay. From General Pattons speech to he Second Armored Division, December 1941: I shall be delighted to lead you against any enemy, confident in the fact that your disciplined valor and high training will bring vic-tory. Patton wanted combat and knew he couldnt find it as a staff officer to Pershing; to see action he had to either lead infantry or train to become a tank officer. There is still a tendency in each separate unit . . This is a helluva way to die, General Patton told Gay. . He lifted his face up from the dirt, gazed out over the Germanlines, and then lifted his eyes up to the cloudsand saw faces. World War Two Timeline From The Great War To Germanys Surrender, When Patton Enlisted the Entire Third Army to Pray for Fair Weather, California Do not sell my personal information. I am sure it will succeed. An Army is a team. . He was dying; but he had no fear of death. In this chapel is the sword which is supposed to have been used on these occasions. A very safe rule to follow is that in case of doubt,push on just a little further and then keep on pushing . . This article contains stories, quotes, timelines, and other pieces of information on one of the most competent and flamboyant generals in American military history. Many elements of the speech were recycled over and over. George Campbell Scott, portraying Patton, standing in front of an immensely huge American flag, delivers his version of Patton's "Speech to the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France, code-named "Overlord". War is a bloody business, a killing business. The Famous Patton Speech By Charles M. Province . The quicker they are whipped,the quicker we can go home. My men dont dig foxholes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. During the course of this war I have received promotions and decorations far above and beyond my individual merit. Let every bullet find its billetit is the body of your foes. Ambitions thwarted, his thirst for action still would not be denied. . Well get rid of the son of a bitch. . Pattons efficiency as a tank commander won him promotion to lieutenant colonel, but he worried the war would end before he had a chance to lead his tankers in combat. . He was a communicant of the Episcopal Church, but he studied the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita. All realAmericans love the sting and clash of battle. I dont know what you call it, but I call it religion, prayer, or God.. Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. I told them that I was going to relieve any preacher who talked more than ten minutes on any subject. They believe what they wish may occur not what history teaches will happen. . Pray by night and pray by day. With the skill of a methodactor, Patton would also strive to achieve an intimidating mienhiswar facethat would communicate his intensity to his audience. Were going tomurder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel-f***ingbasket. You mean across the Rhine? Sure am, Patton replied, I sneaked a division over last night. The sudden transition from the highly-charged experience of combat, where one is com-manding men in life-or-death situations, to domestic tranquility can be jarring and difficult. Brad, dont tell anyone, but Im across. A surprised Bradley responded, Well, Ill be damned. We are advancing constantlyand we are not interested in holding onto anything except the enemys balls! The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. She went to the dining room, leaving her husband with the attending nurse. I wouldnt give a hoot in hell for aman who lost and laughed. In addition to the requirement of sixteen crosses of nobility, a knight had to spend eighteen months at sea on the galleys as a fighter, and then work in a hospital. It struck me as an anomaly that, during my entire visit to Jerusalem, I was guarded by four secret service men, and the oddest part of it was that, when I entered the Tomb, the secret service men came in with me. We have no intention to reduce our vast striking force. All realAmericans love the sting and clash of battle. October 17 Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel. We have continued in unity of purpose. He led the tanks from the front during the march to the Battle of Saint-Miheil, and walked in front of the into the German-held village of Essey in order to inspire his men. . This third-person account of the speech comes from The Unknown Patton by Charles M. Province, who compiled it from innumerable sources. By June 1920, the regular army was reduced to only 130,000 men. It is our job to make the most of them. He didn't kiss ass, he understood that war is not something to be made into soft talk - war is a brash bloody hell. 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