{"title":"Land Crabs, Land Ironclads, Landships","authors":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter covers the early history of what will become known as the tank and the creation of the United States Tank Corps. Patton is the first “tanker” in American military history.\u0000After leaving the staff of John J. Pershing, Patton embarks on an educational journey to learn about tanks. He attends tank school in France and tours the Renault tank factory. It is here that he learns to drive a tank and selects the Renault light tank for use by the United States Army. \u0000The Renault tank is covered in detail, and Patton prepares to establish the American light tank school in France.","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"93 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133016888","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 War after the War:","authors":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"15 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":"133693639","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":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"4 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":"123707693","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":"Jon B. Mikolashek","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813177908.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Patton’s wound is slow to heal; during this time, however, Patton is promoted to colonel. Discharged from the hospital, Patton returns to duty as the war ends. He hopes for the Medal of Honor but is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.\u0000With the war over, Patton spends the rest of his time overseas maintaining discipline, giving lectures on armored warfare and the future of tanks, and preparing for his return to the United States and his family. \u0000Patton prepares himself also for the fight to keep tanks in an independent Tank Corps as a vital weapons system for the US Army.","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":"114175577","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":"","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkxp.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367172,"journal":{"name":"Blood, Guts, and Grease","volume":"1 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":"134200788","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}