Follow our Blog of ALL our videos and stay up to date at www.facebook.com knockoutnetworks.blogspot.com knockoutsnetwork.tumblr.com if a man does his best what else is there - Gen. George S. Patton George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 -- December 21, 1945) was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership while commanding corps and armies as a general during World War II. He was also well known for his eccentricity and controversial outspokenness. Patton was commissioned in the US Army after his graduation from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1909. In 1916--17, he participated in the unsuccessful Pancho Villa Expedition, a US operation that attempted to capture the Mexican revolutionary. In World War I, he was the first officer assigned to the new United States Tank Corps and saw action in France.[1][2] In World War II, he commanded corps and armies in North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. In 1944, Patton assumed command o! f the US Third Army, which under his leadership advanced farther, captured more enemy prisoners, and liberated more territory in less time than any other army in military history.[3] Follow on Twitter- Shea Smith @sheabsmith -Model/Host George Walker @rawstarr -Marketing/promotions/Executive Producer Editor Host- Shea Smith Marketing by George Rawstarr Walker in association with Rawstarr Communications rawstarrcommunications.com
