George S. Patton car accident (Mannheim - 1945)

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Patton's limousine collided with a truck here. He later died from the injuries in a nearby army hospital.

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George S. Patton

George S. Patton

George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George S. Patton
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lightenupfrancis/4916435827/in/album-72157624799275370/

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