In a Remarkable Act of Leadership, General Patton Relieves Exhausted Soldier of Duty During Battle of the Bulge, Taking Watch Himself to Ensure His Rest and Safety
LUXEMBOURG — In the second week of the Battle of the Bulge, with the Third Army racing north toward Bastogne through conditions that had already exhausted men who had been fighting and moving without pause since the German offensive began, General George S. Patton Jr. found a soldier who had not slept in two days … Read more