What is George S. Patton?
{{redirect|Patton}} {{Infobox military person |birth_date = {{birth date|1885|11|11}} |death_date = {{death date and age|1945|12|21|1885|11|11}} |birth_place = [[San Gabriel, California]] |death_place = [[Heidelberg]], [[Occupied Germany]] |placeofburial = [[Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial|American Cemetery and Memorial]]<br />[[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg |placeofburial_label = Place of burial |placeofburial_coordinates = {{coord|49|36|42|N|06|11|08|E|display=inline}} |image = Pattonphoto.jpg |caption = George S. Patton as a [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] |nickname = Bandito, Old Blood and Guts, The Old Man |allegiance = {{flagicon|United States|1912}} United States of America |branch = {{Army|United States}} [[File:WarOfficeSeal1.gif|20px|War Office seal]] |serviceyears = 1909–1945 |rank = [[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|30px]] [[General (United States)|General]] |commands = Machinegun Platoon/3/15th Cavalry Regiment<br />K/3/15th Cavalry Regiment<br />A/1/7th Cavalry Regiment<br />HQs Troop/American Expeditionary Force<br />302nd Tank Center<br />1st Light Tank Battalion<br />1st Light Tank Regiment<br />[[66th Armor Regiment (United States)|1st Tank Brigade]]<br />[[66th Armor Regiment (United States)|304th Tank Brigade]]<br />3/[[3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States)|3rd Cavalry Regiment]]<br />[[5th Cavalry Regiment]]<br />[[3d Armored Cavalry Regiment|3rd Cavalry Regiment]]<br />2/2nd Armored Division<br />[[2nd Armored Division (United States)|2nd Armored Division]]<br />US 1st Armored Corps<br />[[Desert Training Center]]<br />US 1st Armored Corps<br />[[U.S. II Corps]]<br />US 1st Armored Corps<br />[[U.S. Seventh Army]]<br />[[U.S. Third Army]]<br />[[U.S. Fifteenth Army]] |battles = [[Pancho Villa Expedition|Mexican Revolution]] * [[Battle of San Miguelito]] World War I * [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel|Saint Mihiel Campaign]] * [[Battle of the Argonne|Meuse-Argonne Campaign]] World War II * [[Operation Torch|North Africa Campaign]] * [[Invasion of Sicily|Sicily Campai