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General George S. Patton was seriously injured on December 9th, 1945. He was riding in a jeep when it was apparently struck by another Army vehicle. The driver of the large truck that struck Patton and the details of the crash were never disclosed. Patton did survive the crash. On the way to the hospital, Patton’s vehicle was then struck again by a second two-ton US Army truck. This time he was injured much more seriously, but still clung to life. Neither of these two truck drivers were arrested nor even had their names disclosed. In June 1998, an elderly veteran stepped forward and claimed that he had witnessed the second accident. The old soldier recalled that after the vehicles collided, Patton stumbled out. When the truck driver saw Patton still alive, he struck him several times with a 2 foot long pipe wrench. In spite of the crashes and the beating, Patton survived and was taken to the military hospital. Reportedly, he asked his wife to remove him from the hospital because “They’re going to kill me here.” He was reported to be recovering quickly, then suddenly died. The cause of his death was officially listed in Army medical records as embolism and heart failure. A year later Patton’s wife Beatrice died one week after announcing she would release hundreds of Patton’s personal papers regarding the war. An accomplished rider, she reportedly fell from her horse and died of a broken neck. Patton remains buried in Germany. The remains of this American hero were never even brought back to the US, and no autopsy was ever performed.
