General George S. Patton

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_leadership
gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross
gptkb:Purple_Heart
gptkbp:birth_date 1885-11-11
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:San_Gabriel,_California,_USA
gptkb:San_Gabriel,_California
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Luxembourg_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_S._Patton_IV
gptkb:George_Patton_IV
gptkb:Beatrice_Patton
Ruth Ellen Patton
gptkbp:death_date 1945-12-21
gptkbp:education gptkb:Virginia_Military_Institute
gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:famous_for controversial statements
tank warfare
leadership in battle
gptkbp:famous_quote " Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
" If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
" Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:George_Smith_Patton_Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General George S. Patton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:military_strategy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Friedrich_von_Steuben
gptkb:John_J._Pershing
gptkb:Sun_Tzu
gptkb:Carl_von_Clausewitz
gptkb:Hannibal
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Douglas_Mac_Arthur
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:led_to Third Army during the relief of Bastogne
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Liberation_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Bastogne
gptkb:Battle_of_Aachen
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Guettar
gptkb:Battle_of_Metz
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Rhineland
Invasion of Germany
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Old_Blood_and_Guts
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:7th_Army
gptkb:3rd_Army
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:portrayed_in gptkb:Patton_(film)
gptkbp:quote Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Beatrice_Ayer_Patton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3