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The Patton Paradox
General George Patton is widely considered the best field commander in the American Army of World War II. He was also an unrepentant aristocratic snob. His devotion to common soldiers bordered on reverence yet his slapping of two enlisted men nearly caused him to sit out the war and disgrace. The New York Times declared in his obituary, history has reached out and embraced General George Patton.