After months of deception under Operation Fortitude, George S. Patton finally entered combat with the newly formed Third Army ...

SUMTER, SC (WIS) - Third Army Commanding General George S. Patton, Jr. continues to have his memory preserved at Patton Hall at Third Army Headquarters on Shaw Air Force Base. “He was a dynamic ...

Nearly 70 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, then-Lt. Gen. George S. Patton took command of the American Third Army in France. For the next 30 days they rolled straight toward the German border. Patton ...

General George S. Patton Jr., a prominent and controversial World War II commander, was renowned for his aggressive ...