General George Smith Patton Jr. - a True Hero

(Source for Patton's picture - World War II Database -http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=55 )

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I have read and recommend this book on Patton - Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago .

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(Not a short read, but not merely a biography either. I found this book in the history section of our local library.)

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"George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany, 1943-45. In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. The popular image of "Old Blood and Guts", contrasts with the historians' image of a brilliant military leader whose record was also marred by insubordination and some periods of apparent instability."

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(Source for brief biography - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton%2C_Jr. )