On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC), Merlin Dorfman
wrote in Message-Id:
:

Larry Dighera ) wrote:
: On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 19:40:41 -0500, Mike Beede wrote
: in Message-Id: :

:
: Speaking of Patton, I just finished _General Patton: A Soldier's Life_, by Stanley
: Hirshson,
: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060009837/qid=1065486972.
:
: It was pretty good. He was an interesting guy. I've read a couple other
: books on him, as well as the one of his published posthumously, ...

: How did the book characterize the circumstances surrounding the
: _cause_ of the injuries that resulted in Patton's death? It's sort of
: ironic that such a successful US general should die as the result of a
: broken neck suffered in an auto accident that occurred _after_ VE day.

Didn't he say something about wanting to be killed by the last bullet
fired on the last day of the last war?

I don't recall reading that, but I believe he was frustrated by the
irony of not have been killed in combat given all he had been through.
--

Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,