It was not the best of Christmas seasons for Gen. George Patton in December of 1944. Yes, the general's Third Army was marching through Europe toward Berlin. Yes, the Nazis were less than a year away ...

Peter Tonguette’s commendable essay on “Patton,” the classic 1970 war film by Franklin J. Schaffner, was most appropriate for Memorial Day weekend (“An Epic of Potent Patriotism,” Masterpiece, May 24) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I didn’t get frightened until three weeks after it had begun, when I began to read the American papers and found … how near we ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants military officers to take risks again – and history may be on his side. A case in point: the day a 31-year-old U.S. Army lieutenant assigned to hunt Mexican rebel ...

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. — In a place steeped in military history, a new honor has been bestowed upon a legendary figure. Quarters 8 on Fort Myer, the residence of the vice chief of staff ...

Nearly 70 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, then-Lt. Gen. George S. Patton took command of the American Third Army in France. For the next 30 days they rolled straight toward the German border. Patton ...

General George S. Patton remains one of the most recognizable and controversial military leaders in American history. A West Point graduate and career Army officer, Patton helped shape U.S. armored ...

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Army Maj. Gen. Gary S. Patton will no longer direct the Defense Department's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) in the wake of allegations that he stymied an investigation into ...

Benjamin W. Patton stands with his father, Gen. George Patton in 1978 at the North Africa American Cemetery in Tunisia. His grandfather, Gen. George S. Patton commanded the U.S. II Corps in 1943.