On this day in 1943 American General George S. Patton visiting an army hospital in Sicily, slapped and verbally abused Private Charles Kuhl accusing him of cowardice. General Dwight Eisenhower later ordered Patton to apologize. There was talk for a while that Patton would be brought back home for this incident. That would have been lunacy, we are fighting for our survival. I do not see how you sideline your best general for something like this. Should he have slapped that soldier? Probably not. People make mistakes. This shouldn’t have been a fatal one. Patton had a destiny to fulfill.
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For over a thousand years, Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph – a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children, robed in white, stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror, holding a golden crown, and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting.
movie said it better than i could