General Patton Dies After Automobile Accident 21 December 1945

General Patton died this day in 1945* after an automobile accident on December 9th 1945. He was buried amongst the dead of the Battle of the Bulge on Christmas Eve 1945.

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Check out this ride in Luxembourg, then head down to the US military cemetary in Luxembourg.

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*"Old Blood and Guts" dies, http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6650 (last visited Dec 21, 2006).

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