Killing Patton<\/em><\/a>, by Bill O\u2019Reilly and Martin Dugard.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
And no, this isn\u2019t because I\u2019m a major Bill O\u2019Reilly fan. \u00a0I occasionally watched bits of his television show, and I mostly agreed with him. \u00a0But I also often found him obnoxious and, if the allegations of sexual misbehavior level against him are true (as they seem to be), Fox had little choice but to give him the boot. \u00a0Besides, I expect that the book is\u00a0almost entirely the work of\u00a0Martin Dugald, not Bill O\u2019Reilly.<\/p>\n
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In any event, Killing Patton<\/em>\u00a0is a page-turner. \u00a0And, more to the point, it provides a riveting narrative\u00a0of the last stages of the Second World War in Europe, during the time \u2014 including the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine \u2014 when my father was serving as a staff sergeant affiliated (sometimes rather loosely, because of his assignments) with the Eleventh Armored Division of General Patton\u2019s Third Army. \u00a0Coincidentally, George S. Patton\u00a0was born in San Gabriel, California, the town in which I was raised, and, although he\u2019s buried in Luxembourg, a statue of him presides over the San Gabriel Cemetery, where my brother\u2019s grave is located.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Just in case you want to watch something in the Memorial Day vein this evening, here are a few recommendations: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/448004\/memorial-day-movies-politically-incorrect-guide \u00a0 Having just returned from several remarkable days in Normandy, I\u2019m very much in the World War Two mood. \u00a0 Currently, I\u2019m reading Killing Patton, by Bill O\u2019Reilly and Martin Dugard. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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