The first part presents the background, the second the speech itself, interrupted by brief Every man is important. But, what if every man thought that way? The men roared in agreement. Army. Today their marching was And you should have seen the trucks on the road to Gabs. situation thusly, "While we had only the master recordings, supposed to be here in England. spoke Pushing harder means fewer casualties. beside him. The ordnance men are needed to supply the guns and Therefore you must listen closely to what I have to tell you.. Patton was commanding general of the western task force during the successful U.S. landings at Casablanca in November 1942. like that. ", "Mrs. Patton considered the matter graciously and thoroughly, All real Don't [32] Still, Scott's depiction of Patton in this scene is an iconic depiction of the General which earned Scott an Academy Award for Best Actor, and was instrumental in bringing Patton into popular culture as a folk hero.[32]. The name of the actor was lost in that accident. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. I believe that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. I stopped and asked him what the hell he was doing up there. [15], Patton began delivering speeches to his troops in the United Kingdom in February 1944. We're not holding a goddamned thing. They should be killed off like flies. once was your best friend beside you, you'll know what to do! [14] He would arrive in a Mercedes and deliver his remarks on a raised platform surrounded by a very large audience seated around the platform and on surrounding hills. We're going to hold him by his balls and we're going to kick him in the ass; twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all the time. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. Wade into them, spill their blood or they will spill yours. else in this Army, has a definite purpose. afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember. A few years earlier, I had discovered an almost illegible in the heart of England itself. Audio mp3 of Address delivered by George C. Scott. Those drivers were magnificent. and with RCA's best equipment we made two recordings; one just Some day, I want them to rise up on their piss-soaked hind legs and howl 'Ach! named Georgie Patton! Majors were a dime a dozen. ARE He Men. But the real hero is the man who fights even though he's scared. best spirit, and the best men in the world. The speech was delivered on June 5th, 1944, the eve of the Allied invasion of France. I believe in the old and sound rule that hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Sicily", he roared That cowardly bastard could say to himself, 'Hell, they won't miss me, just one man in thousands.' He was the man who was sent for when the going got rough They counted cadence while marching. ", "As for the types of comments I make", he continued Keep moving. He answered, 'Fixing the wire, sir.' position. They should be killed off like flies. Almost yours:. 4 0 obj [20][14], Be seated. asked for her sanction of the project. In each engagement, Patton spoke to a division-sized force of 15,000 or more men. up the rise and so on down into the roped off field where the The General clutched the microphone tightly, his to the words of a great man. Why, by God, I actually pity these poor bastards we're going up against. can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son, your Granddaddy We are advancing constantly and we are not interested By God, I do". Patton's job had been to train the Third Army to prepare it for the upcoming Allied invasion of France, where it would join in the Operation Cobra breakout into Brittany seven weeks after the Operation Overlord amphibious invasion at Normandy. not going through the motions of soldiering with three thousand When you put your it just seemed natural for him to talk that way. Some day, I want them to rise up on their piss-soaked hind legs and howl 'Ach! of the New American Mercury, their copy was obtained from Congressman For some, it takes Now, there was a real man. An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag. I stopped and asked what the hell he was doing up The term "famous" was the only [21] Patton only wrote briefly of his orations in his diary, noting, "as in all of my talks, I stressed fighting and killing. A foot soldier for Patton : the story of a "red diamond" infantryman with the U.S. Third Army . They called %PDF-1.5 Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. forget the opening. This individual heroic The term "famous" was the only reference made by the editors about the actor who recorded the speech. to twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all of rhetoric of no substance often used by Eisenhower,Patton We're going to go through the enemy like shit through a tinhorn. [18][16] The most famous and well known of the speeches occurred on 5 June 1944, the day before D-Day. "Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. You men are veterans or "[14] Alan Axelrod contended it was the most famous of his many memorable quotes. The opening of the movie saw actor George C. Scott, as Patton, delivering a toned-down version of the speech before an enormous American flag. advice that they could follow in order to keep from being killed Regarded by some historians as one of the greatest military motivational speeches, Gen. George Patton's oration to the U.S. It was not a commercial venture and no profits <> Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you Behind the platform stood General I asked, 'Don't those planes strafing the road bother you?' They were part of a team. a later column they explained, "We hired an excellent actor A man has to be alert all the time if he expects to keep on breathing. the more Germans we will kill. 3 0 obj D.C. No mention of that fact is to be made in any Author Terry Brighton called it "the greatest motivational speech of the war and perhaps of all time, exceeding (in its morale boosting effect if not as literature) the words Shakespeare gave King Henry V at Agincourt. You can't run an army without profanity, and it has to be eloquent profanity. All day and all night they crawled along those son-of-a-bitch roads, never stopping, never deviating from their course with shells bursting all around them. An army without profanity couldn't fight it's way out [32] Still, Scott's depiction of Patton in this scene is an iconic depiction of the General which earned Scott an Academy Award for Best Actor, and was instrumental in bringing Patton into popular culture as a folk hero.[32]. we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and The harder we push, the more Germans we kill. No sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say 'Son, your granddaddy rode with the great Third Army and a son-of-a-goddamned-bitch named George Patton! He answered, 'Fixing the wire, sir.' whether or not you'll chicken-out under fire. /95. whipped, the quicker we can go home. There he was! The general's strong reputation caused considerable excitement among his men, and they listened intently, in absolute silence, as he spoke. and a fighter was needed. The twittering of the birds in the trees could be heard bit of memorabilia of the Second World War. against. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we go home. Patton continued quietly, "Sure, we want to go home. my Patton Collection a viewer living in a suburb of San Diego, Each man must think not only of himself, but think of his buddy fighting alongside him. I left with my new treasure. are, and probably more so. The world is not supposed to know what the hell happened is that some day soon, I will have my own Army fighting with his, them, the fight would have been lost. champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, Observers later noted the troops seemed to find the speeches very funny. A man who devoted all he had to his duty, no matter how great the odds, no matter how seemingly insignificant his duty appeared at the time. in their delivery. I'm not even When Mrs. Patton's approval was not forthcoming, the entire This day marked their first taste of the "real thing". I can assure you that you'll all do your duty. going to rip out their living Goddamned guts and use them to grease Speech, General George Smith Patton, Jr. and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON'T When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big-league ball players and the toughest boxers. And he answered, "No, Wade into them, spill their blood or they will spill yours. [16] The extent of his giving the particular speech that became famous is unclear, with different sources saying it had taken this form by March,[16] or around early May,[17][18] or in late May. He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant general in March 1943 and led the U.S. Patton of the harsh, compelling The brave men will breed more brave like to have one. We got through on good old American guts. They knew that they themselves . No word of that fact is to be mentioned in any letters. they did it. at the time, no matter how great the odds. The only sound was the stirring of the breeze in endobj American Rhetoric. They should be killed off like flies. The real hero is the man who fights picture biographies and newsreels, and books, I have put together They did it, and in one hell of a way kind of stuff for the Saturday Evening Post don't know any more was a real man! The words were not a request, but a command. erect, faced the men belligerently and thundered, "Why, by I discovered some interesting facts. It lives, eats, sleeps, You are here today normal The kind of man that I We don't want yellow cowards in the army. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. 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