George S. Patton. A Dodge WC-57 Command Car that once carted around the legendary Army general is coming up for auction on June 13 from host company Worldwide Auctioneers, according to our friends ...
Considered one of the most successful combat generals in US history, General George S. Patton died on December 21, 1945, twelve days after breaking his neck in a car accident near Mannheim, Germany.
Last week—twelve days after his accident—George Patton died in his sleep. Thus ended the career, but not the legend, of the most spectacular, most controversial U.S. field general in World War II.