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Sep 24, 2026
Patrick HowellGUEST
And the doctrine clearly states that forces should stay under the operational control of their service component command.
Patrick HowellGUEST
So Army stays under ARCENT, Marines stay under MARCENT.
Patrick HowellGUEST
And it absolutely says that, but it doesn't have a period.
Patrick HowellGUEST
It has a comma.
Jared PolinHOST
She was part of this documentary works at the time to bring attention to the needs of the southern United States.
Jared PolinHOST
She was the first American female war photojournalist with the United States Army Air Force, photographing the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and was with Patton's Third Army in the spring of 1945 when she famously documented the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp.
Jared PolinHOST
In 1949, she was one of the first Americans to bring attention to injustices of the South African regime with her unique photographs and covered the Korean War for Life magazine.
Jared PolinHOST
Oh my God, I hope she didn't die doing this.
Noah DiamondNARRATOR
Her first daughter, Sarah, was born in 1918.
Noah DiamondNARRATOR
Sarah served as a nurse lieutenant in Patton's Third Army, then married Joe Brody.
Noah DiamondNARRATOR
became a teacher, had three kids, and lived in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Noah DiamondNARRATOR
Jenny's second daughter, Esther, or Estelle, but everyone knew her as Red, was born in 1921.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
It was a disaster.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And that cut off the 1st and 3rd Army Americans from advancing.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And they got stuck in the winter and the rest was the Ardennes Battle of Bulge.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Had they just said, Monty, that is the most crack If Ike had just said, Monty, that is the most crackpot idea I've ever heard of.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Flamethrowers are being used to burn the Nazis out of homes that have been turned into small fortresses.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The American Third Army to the south has resumed its attack on the 20-mile front between Nansei and Metz.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On the basis of available dispatches, Lieutenant General Patton's new assault appears designed to pave the way for a possible encirclement of Metz, the gateway to the industrial Tsar Basin.
John HolbrookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That region is less than 30 miles from Patton's tanks and infantry.
2 HRS 36 MINS LATER
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Now, a little news from the WGN newsroom.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Supreme Allied Headquarters, American armor and infantry were fighting on the streets of Le Tricour late today and meeting stubborn opposition.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
The Third Army has driven forward four miles in a new offensive aimed at isolating the big base of Metz.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Meanwhile, British and Canadian amphibious forces have landed behind German lines on the Skelda estuary in a bid to clear the sea approaches to Antwerp.
Lawrence WilkersonGUEST
So I don't know how that's gonna work out, but I do know that Netanyahu has given every hint in the world that the doomsday option, the Samson Option, as they call it, I think, what Golda Meir called it, I guess, when, uh, the BBC reporter asked her, would she use nuclear weapons were Israel in an existential position? She didn't bat an eye.
Lawrence WilkersonGUEST
"Yes, I would." Of course, that could have been for the Soviets and for Washington to keep them on an even keel, knowing that Israel might use nuclear weapons against the Egyptian Third Army, and therefore they, they needed to restrain Israel.
Lawrence WilkersonGUEST
I mean, lots of times they've done that.
Lawrence WilkersonGUEST
"Restrain us, please.
James EllmanGUEST
By then, the men had been discharged and sent home, and Eisenhower is furious, but he decides to let the matter drop.
James EllmanGUEST
So I don't know if more, uh, killings of POWs took place in the 3rd Army versus one of the other four armies that the US had in, uh, in the Western Front, but, uh, certainly I don't know of any other general who's encouraging the men to do it.
James EllmanGUEST
And just remember that this is important because if the Germans know that they'll be shot if they surrender, they won't surrender.
James EllmanGUEST
They'll keep fighting, and they will kill more men, and they will also kill American soldiers when they surrender.
James EllmanGUEST
It took place in, down in England called Knutsford, but obviously, it showed that Patton was not a man who could control his mouth and say diplomatic things.
James EllmanGUEST
And being a field commander and talking to the press at times means that you need to be able to manage your public release correctly.
James EllmanGUEST
Many US generals, Alexander Patch, and, uh, Courtney Hodges, and William Simpson, who ran armies in World War II on either side of Patton's 3rd Army, were very good at doing this.
James EllmanGUEST
They comported themselves correctly.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
And so he ordered his chaplain to write a prayer for good weather for battle.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
He ordered 250,000, like the size of a business card, the prayer printed on these cards to be delivered to every soldier in the Third Army.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
Now, that was two weeks before the Germans attacked on the Battle of the Bulge and surrounded Bastogne.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
Once Bastogne was surrounded, General Patton was given orders to go relieve Bastogne, but everyone knew he was never going to get there in time.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
They were still holding off the attacks.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
They knew the town was going to fall at any moment.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
But as General Patton was moving toward the town of Bastogne, all those prayer cards were delivered, and the men of the Third Army started praying for good weather.
Barry LoudermilkGUEST
The next day, the skies cleared, the Air Corps was in the air, and drove the Germans all the way back across the line.
Tim SheetsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I looked it up real quick to refresh it.
Tim SheetsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In 1944, the Third Army heard these words in early spring as General George S. Patton stood before outnumbered troops preparing to march into what was said to look like the jaws of hell.
Tim SheetsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He said, and I've cleaned up the words, He said, I don't want to receive one message that says we are holding our position.
Tim SheetsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're not here to hold anything except the territories of our enemies.
Tim SheetsHOST
And I looked it up real quick to refresh it.
Tim SheetsHOST
In 1944, the Third Army heard these words in early spring as General George S. Patton stood before outnumbered troops preparing to march into what was said to look like the jaws of hell.
Tim SheetsHOST
He said, and I've cleaned up the words, He said, I don't want to receive one message that says we are holding our position.
Tim SheetsHOST
We're not here to hold anything except the territories of our enemies.
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