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Audacity, audacity, always audacity.
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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San Gabriel
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The Old Man
Old Blood and Guts
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George Smith Patton
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Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
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We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
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