Fox Conner
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Oct 9, 2026
Simon WhistlerHOST
Shunted off to the Panama Canal zone, told to keep his opinions to himself, Eisenhower could have faded into obscurity then and there, had it not been for one man.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Down in Panama, Ike's commanding officer was General Fox Connor, a guy who valued creative thinking.
Simon WhistlerHOST
When he heard the younger man's ideas for the future of warfare, Connor didn't threaten him with punishment.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Instead, he pulled some strings and got him into the prestigious Command and General Staff College.
Tom GulleyHOST
Patton did not like this post and began to take an interest in tanks as Pershing sought to give him a command of an infantry battalion.
Tom GulleyHOST
While in the hospital for jaundice, that was a thing back then, Patton meant Colonel, he met, excuse me, Colonel Fox Conner, who encouraged him to work with tanks instead of the infantry, and Patton took the opportunity.
Tom GulleyHOST
He loved him some tanks.
Tom GulleyHOST
On the 10th of November 1917, Patton was assigned to establish the American Expeditionary Forces Light Tank School.
Keith MalinakHOST
And I love where you guys got the inspiration for his name, because right after he was born, or right after I found out what his name was, or somewhere right in that same period, I was reading a book on Eisenhower and how his mentor was-
Jeff HofererGUEST
Fox Conner
Keith MalinakHOST
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Keith MalinakHOST
Fox Conner.
Jeff HofererGUEST
Yes.
Keith MalinakHOST
And i- anyway, it was just, it was beautiful how that lined up timing-wise.
Keith MalinakHOST
How, how did you guys, um, get to that?
Jeff HofererGUEST
It, it actually ties in with something we talked about earlier.