# 1026 - 1953 3¢ General George S. Patton, Jr.
3¢ General George S. Patton
City: Fort Knox, KY
Quantity: 114,789,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Blue violet
Birth Of General George Patton
Patton belonged to a prominent military family, with ancestors participating in Revolutionary and Civil War battles. Though he had difficulty learning to read and write as a child, Patton soon became an avid reader with a determined interest in military history, particularly Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, and family friend John S. Mosby (the “Gray Ghost” cavalry leader from the Civil War).
Following in his ancestors’ footsteps, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. He struggled with some of his academic classes but was proficient at military drills. He briefly played football but then found great success with the sword team and track and field. Patton was one of the school’s best swordsmen.
After the Olympics, Patton went to France to study fencing techniques. He returned to America and developed a new sword combat doctrine for the cavalry. Along with this, he designed a new saber, sometimes called the Patton sword. Soon Patton was the first Army officer to be dubbed “Master of the Sword.”
Patton was then assigned to oversee horse procurement for the Army after the Mexican Expedition. When it became clear that the US would intervene in World War I, Pershing picked Patton to serve as his aide again. Patton left for Europe in May 1917, arriving with the first wave of American Expeditionary Forces. Patton oversaw the training of US troops in Paris.
3¢ General George S. Patton
City: Fort Knox, KY
Quantity: 114,789,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Blue violet
Birth Of General George Patton
Patton belonged to a prominent military family, with ancestors participating in Revolutionary and Civil War battles. Though he had difficulty learning to read and write as a child, Patton soon became an avid reader with a determined interest in military history, particularly Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, and family friend John S. Mosby (the “Gray Ghost” cavalry leader from the Civil War).
Following in his ancestors’ footsteps, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. He struggled with some of his academic classes but was proficient at military drills. He briefly played football but then found great success with the sword team and track and field. Patton was one of the school’s best swordsmen.
After the Olympics, Patton went to France to study fencing techniques. He returned to America and developed a new sword combat doctrine for the cavalry. Along with this, he designed a new saber, sometimes called the Patton sword. Soon Patton was the first Army officer to be dubbed “Master of the Sword.”
Patton was then assigned to oversee horse procurement for the Army after the Mexican Expedition. When it became clear that the US would intervene in World War I, Pershing picked Patton to serve as his aide again. Patton left for Europe in May 1917, arriving with the first wave of American Expeditionary Forces. Patton oversaw the training of US troops in Paris.