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...year-old Major General George S. Patton-hard as carborundum and sometimes twice as rough-went his second D.S.M. last week, to be added to one of the finest collections of ribbons in the Army. He got it for distinguished service in the capture of Casablanca, where he was in command...
With characteristic drama, Tanker Patton took the surrender of Casablanca's commander with two pearl-handled automatics on his hips, a tommy-gun in the crook of his arm. But another side of Georgie Patton, the smart leadership that makes him a soldier's soldier, was clearly shown in his pre-invasion order of the day, released last week by the War Department...
True to his (and the Army's) favorite doctrine, Patton's order laid out for every soldier the nature of his mission. It also warned that considerate treatment must be given the French-"It is regrettable that we must destroy all of these gallant foes who oppose us and who at heart are sympathetic to us, but such is the stern necessity of war." It concluded...
...Desert Training Command in California (where Major General George S. Patton trained his tankers before taking them to Africa), headed by Major General Fred L. Walker...
From India came Jack Belden, now completely recovered from the hardships of the Burma campaign and his long trek across the mountains and jungles with General Stilwell. From America came Photographer Eliot Elisofon, now in Casablanca with Major General George S. Patton Jr.-and by Clipper and boat via Argentina came LIFE Editor Noel Busch on a special assignment to South Africa, to join Hart Preston, fresh out of Ankara, who was last heard from hedgehopping kraals, crocodiles and elephant herds in Zululand...