The Battle of Arracourt took place between US and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine- France, ...

Normandy was the site of intense fighting. The Allies had made progress in France despite suffering major losses on several beaches, and the scattering of paratroopers across the French countryside.

Diaz’s 61st Army Ground Forces Band had been chosen by Patton to serve as the Third Army’s official band. “It wasn’t just some band,” Tom Diaz said. “Gen.

Prior to commanding the Third Army, in World War I Patton accompanied Gen. John Pershing and helped American forces on the punitive expedition into Mexico in 1916.

In March 1945 the 4th Armored Division of Patton’s Third Army rested, out of breath, on a bridgehead along the Main. Some 50 miles northeast, near the town of Hammelburg, was a stalag filled ...

Patton's Family Was Originally Against the Movie, and So Was the Army. When the idea for a Patton movie arose in 1951 , the general's wife, Beatrice, would not entertain the idea.

Third Army uncases colors at new Patton Hall. By SSG Mylinda DuRousseau June 10, 2011. Share on Twitter; ... Jun. 10, 2011 - Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, Third Army Commanding General, ...

On Dec. 8, an exasperated Patton asked his chief chaplain, James H. O’Neill, to compose a prayer for good weather. He ordered 250,000 copies to be distributed to every man in the Third Army.

While an Army band played on Saturday, soldiers in vintage World War II uniforms boarded an amphibious boat from the 1940s named “Tugboat Annie” and sailed down the Rhine, in honor of the ...