#463: The Friendship, Rivalry, and Leadership of WWII’s 3 Greatest American Generals
The Art of Manliness
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Eisenhower Saved Patton's Career
Patton had slapped a couple of enlisted men in two different hospitals in Sicily whom he thought were malignoring. The idea of post-traumatic stress wasn't really a concept that Patton understood. Eisenhower sat down with a journalist and said, look, I'm not going to censor any story you choose to write, but I do want you to know that Patton is very, very valuable to the Allied war effort. We don't have very many generals like him. So you can write the story, but I want you toknow that it's going to be damaging. And so Eisenhower saved Patton's scout that time.
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