Patton Speech June 9th 1945

Largely overlooked in history is the warm reception that Patton received on June 9, 1945, when he and Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle were honored with a parade through Los Angeles and a reception at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before a crowd of over 100,000 people. The next day, Patton and Doolittle toured the metropolitan Los Angeles area. Patton spoke in front of the Burbank City Hall and at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. He wore his helmet with a straight line of stars, chest full of medals, and two ivory handled trademark pistols (not pearl, as is often incorrectly asserted). He punctuated his speech with some of the same profanity that he had used with the troops. He spoke about conditions in Europe and the Russian allies to the adoring crowds. This may be the only time in America when civilians, en masse, heard and saw the famous warrior on the podium

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[HBOkidofThe80s]

God bless Patton!

[SmokeBojangles]

My Pappy had 3 pics on the wall in his Study.Patton,Lee, and Washington. I thought it was the Father,The Son,and The Holy ghost.

[spenser828]

my uncle Phil served in Pattons tank division, what a lucky man

[Gordontrek]

PATTON IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!

[hypernova20]

Patton is awsome. things would have been better in world today had he never died in a SO CALL ACCIDENT. Long live George

[The253King]

@Salvus967 YOURE FUCKIN SILLY!! I CHOOSE NOT TO ARGUE.. IF YOU HAD YOUR WAY.. WED BE SPEAKIN MANDORIN..POST!

[Salvus967]

@Salvus967 grrrr, i meant entry "wars" not "was"..

[Salvus967]

@Salvus967 industrial*

[Salvus967]

@HBOkidofThe80s So if ur not American, but ur country was in the war on the side of the allies...its really hard to look back fondly on him. in the end, he was a good, brave and aggressive general. perfect for conventional warfare...i think he would have been inneffective in Vietnam (Especially since he was a tanker and Vietnam could not be won with tanks, do the terrain) He would have been fine for Korea and the entry was into Iraq, but against the insurgencies, he would be undone.

[Salvus967]

@HBOkidofThe80s yeh but all he fuckin cared about was americans. after all the sweat and blood his allies put into the war, all he did was make disparaging remarks towards them and never issued any vote of confidence toward them...its not like they needed his approval. but he was very disresctful to his allies. america can claim victory more through industiral might than anything else. of course other allies could not compete with that, but none lacked fighting spirit.