# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:41:02.074Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 1885, Patton passed through West Point, designed a cavalry saber, and placed fifth in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. He saw his first combat chasing Pancho Villa in motor vehicles, then commanded the U.S. tank school in France during World War I and was wounded in action. Between the wars he became central to the Army's armored doctrine. In World War II he rehabilitated the broken II Corps after Casablanca, raced to Messina ahead of every other Allied commander in Sicily, then was yanked from the field for slapping two soldiers he deemed cowards. Given the Third Army after D-Day, he tore across France, pivoted north to break the siege at Bastogne, and drove into Germany. Named military governor of Bavaria, he was relieved for openly hostile remarks about the Soviets and resistance to denazification; he also held antisemitic views. On 21 December 1945, twelve days after a car accident in Germany, he was dead.