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My father, Al, who taught me about Patton.
My mother, Peggy, who taught me about prayer.
| 1885 November 11 | Patton was born in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. |
| 18971903 | Patton attended Stephen Cutter Clarks Classical School for Boys, Pasadena, California. |
| 19031904 | Patton attended Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, as Cadet. |
| 1904 June 16 | Patton entered U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. |
| 1905 June 5 | Patton turned back to repeat initial year. |
| September 1 | Patton re-entered as Cadet, U.S. Military Academy. |
| 1909 June 11 | Patton was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, 15th Cavalry. |
| September 12 | Patton joined 15th Cavalry, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and was assigned to Troop K. |
| 1910 May 26 | Patton and Beatrice Banning Ayer were married; they would later have three children. |
| 1911 March 19 | Pattons first child, Beatrice Ayer, was born. |
| 1912 June 14 | Patton sailed for Europe to participate in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| July 7 | Patton participated in Modern Pentathlon, Olympic Games. |
| JulyAugust | Patton received individual instruction in fencing at Saumur, France. |
| 1915 February 28 | Pattons second child, Ruth Ellen Patton Totten, was born. |
| 1916 March 13 | Patton detached from 8th Cavalry and attached to headquarters, Punitive Expedition, Mexico. |
| May 14 | Patton led soldiers who engaged Pancho Villas bodyguard and others at Rubio Ranch. |
| May 23 | Patton was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. |
| 1917 May 15 | Patton was promoted to the rank of captain. |
| May 18 | Patton was ordered to report to General Pershing in Washington, D.C.; appointed Commanding Officer, Headquarters Troop, AEF. |
| November 10 | Detailed to the Tank Service. |
| 1918 January 26 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of major. |
| March 23 | Patton, as commanding officer of the American Tank School in France, received his first 10 light tanks by train. |
| March 30 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel. |
| September 15 | St. Mihiel Offensive was launched. |
| September 26 | Patton was seriously wounded during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. |
| October 17 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel. |
| December 16 | Patton was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. |
| 1920 June 20 | Patton reverted to the permanent rank of captain. |
| July 1 | Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major. |
| October 3 | Patton joined 3d Cavalry at Fort Myer, Virginia, as Commanding Officer, 3d Squadron. |
| 1923 December 24 | Pattons son, George Patton IV, was born. |
| 1924 July 30 | Patton was an Honor Graduate, Command and General Staff College. |
| 1925 March 4 | Patton sailed from New York to Hawaii on the Army Transport ship Chateau-Thierry going through the Panama Canal. |
| March 31 | Reached Hawaii and was assigned to the G-1 and G-2 Hawaiian Division. |
| 1927 June | Pattons father, George Smith Patton, died. |
| 1928 October 6 | Pattons mother, Ruth Wilson Patton, died. |
| 1932 June 2 | Patton was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound sustained in 1918. |
| June 11 | Became Distinguished Graduate, Army War College. |
| 1934 March 1 | Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel. |
| 1935 May 7 | Patton departed Los Angeles for Hawaii. |
| June 8 | Arrived in Honolulu and was assigned to G-2, Hawaiian Department. |
| 1937 June 12 | Patton departed Honolulu. |
| July 12 | Arrived in Los Angeles. |
| July 25 | Spent time in Beverly, Massachusetts hospital with a broken leg. |
| November 14 | Discharged from the hospital, sick in quarters. |
| 1938 July 1 | Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. |
| July 24 | Patton served as Commanding Officer, 5th Cavalry, Fort Clark, Texas. |
| December 10 | Patton served as Commanding Officer, 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, Virginia. |
| 1940 April 1 | Served as Umpire, Spring Maneuvers, Fort Benning, Georgia. |
| May 1 | Served as Control Officer, Maneuvers, Fort Beauregard, Louisiana. |
| October 2 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general. |
| July 26 | Patton served as Commanding Officer, 2d Armored Brigade of 2d Armored Division, Fort Benning. |
| 1941 April 4 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of major general. |
| April 11 | Patton was made the commanding officer of the 2nd Armored Division. |
| 1943 March 6 | Patton was named the commanding officer of the US II Corps. |
| March 12 | Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant general. |
| July 15 | Patton formed a provisional corps in western Sicily, Italy. |
| August 3 | Patton visited a field hospital in Sicily, Italy, and slapped Charles Kuhl for what he considered cowardice as Kuhl suffered no physical wounds. |
| August 10 | Patton visited the 93rd Evacuation Hospital in Sicily, Italy, and berated Private Paul Bennett for cowardice. |
| November 21 | Journalist Drew Pearson publicized George Pattons slapping incident of Aug 3, 1943. |
| 1944 March 26 | Task Force Baum heads out for Hammelburg to liberate the prisoner of war camp there. One of the prisoners is Pattons son-in-law, John K. Waters. |
| July 6 | Patton secretly flew into Normandy, France, while the Germans still believed he would lead the main invading force at Pas de Calais. |
| August 16 | Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major general, bypassing the permanent rank of brigadier general. |
| December 8 | Patton calls Chaplain James H. ONeill and asks if he has a good prayer for weather. |
| December 1214 | Prayer cards are distributed to Pattons troops, asking, Grant us fair weather for battle. |
| December 16 | Germany launched offensive in the Ardennes known as the Battle of the Bulge. |
| December 20 | Weather in the Ardennes cleared. |
| 1945 March 17 | Eisenhower ordered Patton to cease making plans to enter German-occupied Czechoslovakia. |
| March 24 | Patton urinated into the Rhine River. Upon completing his crossing over a pontoon bridge, he took some dirt on the far bank, emulating his favorite historical figure William the Conqueror. |
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