George S. Patton
November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945
George S. Patton (1885-1945) was a general in the United States Army during World War II. He commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater and then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Military service
- Jan 1, 1909 – Jan 1, 1945 United States Army
- Aug 1, 1944 – May 8, 1945 US Third Army (1944) Commander
- US Seventh Army Commander
- US II Corps (1942) Commander
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