General Patton's Death - Accident or Murder?

A local man who recently died of old age once stopped Patton's car at a checkpoint at gunpoint. The car wasn't marked and he had no idea the General was inside. Patton defended the then young 17 year old private to his superiors saying "I wish I had another hundred boys just like him. He's a damn fine soldier who was doing his job." Patton recommended his promotion to corporal, which he recieved, written recommendation I read for myself from the man's scrapbook.

[1:40] "Patton...was not slow in stating his opinions..." This is British understatement working overtime.

My uncle served under Patton and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. He was only given about 5 years to live after his injury. He died in 2008.

"We defeated the wrong enemy." Those words sealed his fate.

My initial reaction to hearing Gen. Patton speak...”He doesn’t sound anything like George C. Scott.”.

My great grandfather (on my moms side) was a tank commander for Patton. When Patton got mad at him, he would rip his patches off, then would apologize and give them back. A crazy story is that my grandfather was having a lunch break sitting outside his tank when he noticed that there was an allied plane being attacked by an axis plane. My grandpa told his men to shoot down the enemy plane, and when they did that, the allied plane saw my grandfather and waved. Later my grandfather found out that he was my grandmother’s brother who he saved.

One thing for sure is hes the only person that died from an accident in back seat of a Cadillac at 20 mph.

Patton began to see what is not allowed to be seen. He was going to be vocal about it too, and given his status as a respected general, people would have listened to him. Once you understand this, its easy to conclude that he was relieved of his vital functions by a certain group who are too powerful to be spoken of openly in any way that is not rooted in praise and support.

Mark Felton: Was it an accident or murder? History Channel: Def Aliens

I find it odd that a drunk soldier joyriding in a military vehicle was not charged for killing one of the most famous generals in US history.

20 miles an hour, a broken neck, and a huge laceration on his head? Sounds a little fishy to me.

My mom was in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Payton’s Army liberated. Her name is listed in a book written by another surviving prisoner who was a lawyer educated enough to write it “Greek Women in Nazi Camps” What she described in that book is what my mother described.The only difference is the author was taken out of the camp in a Death March while my mother was left behind.They tried to gather and remove the prisoners but left because Pattons Army was just about there. My mother said they all got up from bed and looked out the window and saw the last German solder the older or oldest one she said he was, leaving the camp with gate open. The first thing they all did was run down to the kitchens to get food. The author of that book was on that march and survived by escaping while on that march.

My wife's grandfather (Emil Bongiovanni) was a medic with the 117th. Normandy through the end, including Bastogne. He says that Patton saved his life. Emil's best friend was the first attending medic to Patton's "accident". The anti-Soviet rhetoric was well-known. Emil said that Patton said, "We are here, we are mobilized, we are strong. They will be the next problem. Let's take care of them now while they are weak". Emil is still alive as of this comment. He is 98. Update: Emil passed away at 99 years old, about a year after this comment, just short of 100. To his deathbed he maintained that Patton saved his life and the Russians had Patton killed, which the first responding medic also was certain of in his own words. My wife's late grandmother Gloria also knew this medic well. Sergeant L. Ogden I believe. They were all close friends and good folks.

A drunk AWOL soldier kills a 4 star general and no charges filed!? Hmmm

Tell the full story. There was more than one so-called accident. They tried and failed to kill him before.

My father served under Patton who was know as 'Blood and guts'. Some said, "His guts and our blood." Patton wanted to declare war on Russia. He said they were more evil than Germany. He said the Russian supplies were gone, and they would surrender in two months. The truck that crashed into his jeep only wounded Patton. In the hospital he was getting better, but died. There was no autopsy!

The fact that he wished to be buried amongst his men rather than Arlington deserves credit.

There is a fine line between genius and madness that is often precariously walked by the most powerful characters in history.

We the public will never know. It would not surprise me the least if this man was murdered. After all look at all the suspicious deaths since. Thanks for sharing.

This was a common talking point for my Grandmother. Her husband was a pilot associated with Gen Clark and the European, North African, and Italian campaigns under him fly reconnaissance missions. They both met and were friendly with Patton although I am not aware that he had actually ever served with them directly. I cannot recall who he was flying for (command) for the invasion of Germany proper. She was absolutely convinced that his accident was actually murder and would argue a case for it till just before she died.