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Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
George S. Patton
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George S. Patton
Age: 60 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 11
Died: 1945
Died: December 21
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I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
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