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birth
nov 11 1885 -
school
he enrolled in Virginia Military Institute -
graduation
he graduated from millatary school -
Married
He got married just a year out of military school -
Olimpics
As a 26-year-old Army cavalry officer, Patton was selected as sole American competitor in the first-ever Olympic modern pentathlon at the Summer Games in stockholm. -
first modern war in amrican history
Patton served in mission with commander, General John J. Pershing, and participated in the first motorized attack in history of American warfare -
Europe
Patton went along with Pershing to Europe, where he became the first officer assigned to the newly established U.S. Tank Corps. -
Shot
While personally leading an attack on German machine gun positions as part of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive , Patton was struck by a round that tore into his left thigh and was badly injured and couldn't do much after that had happened -
Leave
Patton got orders from U.S. Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur to leave World War I veterans seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates who had occupied Washington, D.C., for two months. Charging down Pennsylvania Avenue and through the streets of the national capital, Patton led 600 cavalry troops on horseback who fired tear gas -
Died
passed away in Heidelburg Germany
