The Fighting Pattons

This is the extraordinary history of one American family's love of war. It includes the exploits of Hugh Mercer, a famous Revolutionary War general who married in the Patton line, and Colonel Waller Tazewell Patton, who was mortally wounded at Gettysburg. But the central focus is on the careers of the twentieth-century Pattons, World War II legend General George S. Patton, Jr. and his lesser-known son and namesake, Major General George S. Patton, who fought in Korea and Vietnam. An interesting figure in his own right, Major General Patton offers insight into his more famous father such as can only come from a son forced to live and work in a great man's shadow.