 I suppose it's too much to hope that I could have a regiment in your division, because I'm still almost three years away from my colonelcy, but I think I could do a damn good job of commanding a regiment.  Patton: Genius for War, A - Seite 390von Carlo D'Este - 1996 - 1024 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
 | Stephen E. Ambrose - 1991 - 644 Seiten
...Eisenhower would want to serve under him. "That would be great," Eisenhower responded immediately. "I suppose it's too much to hope that I could have...could do a damn good job of commanding a regiment." Patton wrote back, "I shall ask for you either as Chief of Staff which I should prefer or as a regimental... | |
 | George Smith Patton, Martin Blumenson - 1996 - 940 Seiten
...George: Thanks a lot for your recent note; I am flattered by your suggestion that I come to your outfit. It would be great to be in the tanks once more, and...still almost three years away from my colonelcy. But / think I could do a damn good job of commanding a regiment . . . Anyway, if there's a chance of that... | |
 | Steve Neal - 2002 - 370 Seiten
...the Second Armored Brigade wanted him. "I am flattered by your suggestion that I come to your outfit. It would be great to be in the tanks once more and even better to be associated with you again," Eisenhower wrote in September of 1940. But he specified that he wanted the responsibility of command.... | |
 | Carlo D'Este - 2003 - 884 Seiten
...Patton's offer and replied at once that he was "flattered by your suggestion that I come to your outfit. It would be great to be in the tanks once more, and...hope that I could have a regiment in your division. . . . / think I could do a damn good job of commanding a regiment. . . . Anyway, if there's a chance... | |
 | John Eisenhower - 2003 - 304 Seiten
...enthusiastically. "I suppose it's too much to hope that I could have a regiment in your division," he wrote, "because I'm still almost three years away from my...I think I could do a damn good job of commanding a regiment."1 Two weeks later Patton followed up with word that he would request Ike as chief of staff... | |
 | Stanley Weintraub - 2007 - 561 Seiten
...one-star general, on September 17, 1940, "I am flattered by your suggestion that I come to your outfit. It would be great to be in the tanks once more, and...division, because I'm still almost three years away [in seniority] from my colonelcy. But / think I could do a damn good job of a commanding a regiment."... | |
 | John Eisenhower - 2003 - 304 Seiten
...ment sounded even more exciting than the 15th Infantry. He responded immediately and enthusiastically. "I suppose it's too much to hope that I could have a regiment in your division," he wrote, "because I'm still almost three years away from my colonelcy. But I think I could do a damn... | |
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