I never liked General Patton. nor did most of the men I knew! There is no doubt he was a good general and did a lot for his country. But there were many other generals, some even better, who did not play up to the newspapers and concentrate on being a grandstander as he did. I don't deny his usefulness and accomplishments. But I think we had other generals better than he, who did their job well, but did not focus on personal publicity and notoriety.
OJld "Blood and Guts" he liked to be called. Whenever we heard it, someone would say, "Yeah! Our blood and his guts!"
3_7_I_Recon - Russ Cloer, WWII Inf. Lt. and Cpt, Anzio to Berchtesgaden with the 3rd Infantry Division. Our Division Commander was "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, a resl man with a real record of accomplishment without self gratification.