George Smith Patton, Jr.

George S. Patton was an officer in the US Army and one of the top allied commanders in World War II.

Patton was born in a family of great military background that could trace its members serving as soldiers as far as the American Revolution. His father was a Confederate soldier that died at the Battle of Gettysburg, in the American Civil War.

He joined the US Army in 1909 as a cavalry officer. He was destined to Texas when Pancho Villa crossed the Mexican-American border in 1916 and raided Columbus, New Mexico, killing several Americans. The US president Woodrow Wilson ordered then a punitive expedition against Villa, headed by General John J. Pershing, and Patton joined it. Soon, he demonstrated great bravery, infiltrating behind the enemy lines to kill the leader of Pancho Villa's bodyguards, Julio Cárdenas, and bringing his corpse to the American camp. This action earned him a promotion and the respect of General Pershing. However, neither Patton nor Pershing could achieve the expedition's ultimate goal, bringing down Pancho Villa, and had to return to the United States without success.

In 1917, when the United States declared war on Germany (thus joining definitely World War I) Patton travelled to France as part of the American Expeditionary Force. there he led several attacks against the Germans, raising quickly in the rank scale and commanding the first Tank corps in the US Army by 1918.

Promoted to general shortly before World War II, he later took part in the campaigns of Morocco, Italy, Normandy, Lorraine, the Bulge and the final invasion and rendition of Germany herself. However, he died in a car crash about a day before his triumphant return to the United States.

Appearances

 * Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal / Spring Break Adventure]
 * Mexico, March 1916 (comic)