I’ve heard the assassination theories for years. Dad, a WW2 vet, thought there was something to them, although he wasn’t a big fan of Patton.
“I’ll be the first one to Berlin if I gotta send the dog tags home in boxcars”. “His guts, our blood” so the soldiers said.
And yes, he was in the thick of forcing out the Bonus Marchers, supposedly using the flat of his saber. Ike told both him and MacArther to stay out of it, but neither one took the advice.
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