{"title":"The War after the War","authors":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Patton finally returns to the United States and his wife and two young children, whom he has rarely seen since 1916. At the age of thirty-four, Patton is still a colonel and still a part of the United States Tank Corps. However, a battle is brewing within the United States Army, the War Department, and Congress about what to do with tanks and the air service. As the fight for the United States Tank Corps looms, Patton decides to stay with the tanks for the next couple of years, mainly out of loyalty.","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128659846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Off to Paris","authors":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Patton, assigned as a staff officer, deploys to France as part of the lead element of the American Expeditionary Force under General John J. Pershing. \u0000Patton sails to France aboard HMS Baltic and arrives in England in July 1917. He spends time fine-tuning his command of the French language, staying in shape, and preparing for combat, but is disappointed with his role as a staff officer. \u0000With little to do, Patton spends the first few months of his deployment to France attempting to get his wife, Beatrice Ayer Patton, overseas. \u0000By the end of 1917, Patton decides to leave his staff role and joins the newly created Tank Corps.","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115455997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Spoils of War:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124610697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Tank Master","authors":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Patton, after transferring to the United States Tank Corps, is now the head of the nation’s first light tank school. He has yet to develop the reputation for training he will attain by 1938 and show in the lead-up to American entry into World War II. In many ways this position will be the most important in Patton’s career. How he performs will make or break his career.\u0000Patton selects the land for the tank school and begins to develop the training center and fight for more officers and soldiers. The tank school slowly builds a cadre of instructors and students, but a lack of tanks slows training.","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127464568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The True Test","authors":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"The Meuse-Argonne offensive is a massive undertaking, the largest operation by the United States Army in World War I. Much larger and size and scope than St. Mihiel, it has a small but important role for the 304th Tank Brigade.\u0000Patton personally leads his brigade into combat and is severely wounded in the initial phase of the offensive. He spends the rest of the operation in a field hospital recovering from his wounds. His tank brigade performs well in his absence.","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114535719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Land Crabs, Land Ironclads, Landships:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115997416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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