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620. Sicily, Aug. 1943

Jim got #619!


This was the slap (eventually) heard 'round the world.


| posted by John, 7:17 AM

3 Comments:

This is George C. Scott as Patton.
Blogger Jim, at 2:56 PM  
Right! Which wasn't a bad movie once you got past the blustery beginning.

Actually he slapped two shell-shocked men that summer, accusing them both of cowardice. Eisenhower wrote him a stern letter telling him to cut it out, but needed him to get the job done and didn't press charges. A reporter finally exposed the event three months later.
Blogger John, at 9:48 PM  
Is John Lovitz one of the doctors standing in the background?
Blogger John, at 9:49 PM  

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