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General
George S. Patton was certainly the most controversial and arguably the
most brilliant general officer in the Second World War. His spit-polished
boots, his set of matched pearl-handled revolvers, and the saltiness of
his profanity were all trademarks of his style as an officer. He commanded
the Third Army that repulsed the German offensive at the Battle of the
Bulge and then drove on into the heart of Germany, effectively winning
the war for the Allies. In 1928, he rented Woodley where he galloped across
the lawns on his polo ponies and terrorized the gardener.
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