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■4 r * VICTORY’S SONS | f HEREVEP ‘Pore's tough fighting, Lt. General George 5. Pat‘on -ill be in the midst of it. He goes out with his men. and often ahead of ihem. He prefers to bounce g in a tank, rather than ride in a limousine. In tl e in- vasion of Sicily, he scrambled down the rope nets w>h the advance units. ' • In the Mexican campaign of 1916. in France in '17 and *18, in North Africa in this war. this brilliant tough leader * proved that he is not called "Blood and Guts" for nothing. His latest award is the Oak Leaf Cluster, which is added to the Distinguished Service Medal he already hplds. The citation reads: "For exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility. Gen- eral Patton, commander of the Western Task Force, was responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks on French Morocco.... His driving force end vigor .. . resulted in the maximum dash and offensive spirit. . . which con- tributed greatly to the early overcoming of opposition and the surrender of the opposing -forces." • • Overcoming the opposition and making the opposing forces surrender in a I hurry — that's Gen. Patton's idee if war I m > i 4 >• J A 1
The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1944,
newspaper,
March 16, 1944;
Detroit, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855049/m1/4/:
accessed June 27, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting Red River County Public Library.