08-20-2006, 09:35 PM
No doubt you have heard,read or.......about Patton and Montgomery. Two of a kind. "If I can't be captain I'll take my ball and go home".
Patton one day wanted someone to take a five gallon can of gasoline over to the Brits where Montgomery was and tell Montgomery "Here's enough gas to cover the advances you'll and yours will make today".
The 3rd Army crossed the Rhine before the Brits but guess who got the publicity?
When I have time I'll tell you about Operation Varsity and the 17th AB with whom I did some TDY prior to going into Wesel,Germany. That's a whole other story!!!
Sgtleo