1938 Cadillac Model 75 General Patton's Crash Car

Road accident and death
On December 9, 1945, Patton was severely injured in a road accident. He and his chief of staff, Major General Hobart R. "Hap" Gay, were on a day trip to hunt pheasants in the country outside Mannheim, Germany. Their 1938 Cadillac Model 75 was driven by Private First Class Horace L. Woodring (1926--2003),[41] Patton sitting in the back seat on the right side, with General Gay on his left, as per custom. At 11:45 near Neckarstadt (Mannheim-Käfertal), a 2½ ton GMC truck driven by Technical Sergeant Robert L. Thompson made a left turn in front of Patton's Cadillac. Patton's car hit the front of the truck, at a low speed.

At first the crash seemed minor, the vehicles were hardly damaged, no one in the truck was hurt, and Gay and Woodring were uninjured. However, Patton was leaning back with trouble breathing. The general had been thrown forward causing his head to strike a metal part of the partition between the front and back seats. This impact inflicted a severe cervical spinal cord injury. Paralyzed from the neck down, he was rushed to the military hospital in Heidelberg, where quadraplegia was diagnosed. Patton died of a pulmonary embolism on December 21, 1945. The funeral service was held at the Christ Church (Christuskirche) in Heidelberg-Südstadt.
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[ersatzersatztube]

What film?

[ersatzersatztube]

bompiberlot translated by Google translate-

Patton was killed because he was the only general who dared tell the truth about what they would do the world the Communists. And as he, how many more have died martyrs to say what they thought, to defend true democracy and true freedom? Those who undertake to negotiate and allow evil to become strong, are the biggest trash there. Lest we absorb and polluting, evil must be exterminated from the root, without mercy ...

[ersatzersatztube]

I should have shot footage of the inside of the car.

[rygy1998]

This isn't Pattons 1938 Cadillac, it is a 1939 Cadillac. Read the book Target Patton, the car was checked out by a GM expert on Cadillac's. The vin number was scratched out to cover the truth. The expert confirmed that it is a 1939 Cadilliac.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

We need someone like George Patton today.

If he were around today, he could be president.

He would kick butt.

George Vreeland Hill

[ballygeale1]

i saw a film once and it said patton was shot with a pellet gun on the neak do u thint its true

[Marksnotebook]

God I loved this man. My grandparents were all for him pushing the Russians back into their damn country. My Grandmother despised FDR. She had 4 sons who were all of age or a bit older than 18 when WW2 broke out. She was fortunate to have kept all four sons as only one was able to serve and the other three were either too young or had high blood pressure problems. FDR was not a good president. Elitists were already grasping hold of our country then along with communists! DAmn Uncle JOE!

[bompiberlot]

A Patton lo mataron porque él fué el único general que se atrevió a decir la verdad acerca de lo que iban a hacer del mundo los comunistas. Y así como él, cuántos mártires más han muerto por decir lo que pensaban, por defender la verdadera democracia y la verdadera libertad ? Los que se dedican a negociar y a permitir que el mal se haga fuerte, son las basuras más grandes que existen. Para que no nos absorba y contamine, al mal hay que exterminarlo desde la raíz, sin compasión alguna...

[bettygoodbody]

so many people think it was murder. it seems peculiar to me how this happened and what happened. his black book was missing in the hospital,

[JWnFL]

Patton was Murdered..

World Trade Center 7 was brought down with something that melted the steel support beams.

The Untied States Government Lies to "We the People" and Murders Our Heros ALL THE TIME!!