11 Dec 1945
Germany
Germany
- Beatrice Patton, wife of paralyzed George Patton, arrived at Heidelberg, Germany. ww2dbase [George Patton | Heidelberg | CPC]
14 Dec 1945
Germany
Germany
- George Patton asked his wife Beatrice to prevent Walter Bedell Smith from visiting him at the hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. ww2dbase [George Patton | Heidelberg | CPC]
21 Dec 1945
Germany
Germany
- George Patton passed away from pulmonary embolism at the US Army hospital in Heidelberg, Germany as the result of an automobile accident. ww2dbase [George Patton | Heidelberg | CPC]
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