HISTORY: GENERAL PATTON HOSPITALIZED AFTER ACCIDENT

General George S. Patton, Jr. had his orders to come home from the European Theater, but first he planned to do a little hunting. During the trip in his official car, his party was involved in a head-on collision, seriously injuring Patton.

Read about the tragic incident in the history section of Andrea Shea King's Surfin' Safari column at World Net Daily.