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Leader of The U. S. ThirdArmy Across WesternEuropeHEIDELBERG, Dec. 21—(U.R)— Gen George S. Patton, old blood and • guts,’’ died in the army hospital here today.Patton lot his fight againstinjuries suffered Dec. 9 when his car collided with an army truck•rs he wcs motoring to hunt pheasants not far from his headquar-ters. ■ :■The tough and stormy armyveteran suffered a broken neck m the accident and was partially paralyzed. But a little more than 43 hours after being rushed to thehospital he was pronounced ou. of danger” unless unforseep com-’ plications set in.Tnose complications, in the form of a bronchial infection, suddenly developed Wednesdav night Yesterday and last nigh* . his condition rapidly worsened. ^Today his physicians said he was, in‘‘’grave danger.Patton's death was foreshadowed by an afternoon medical bulletin from the Heidelberg army hospital disclosing that his heart had been affected by the strain, and that secretions were accumulating in his lungs.The turn for the worse came after long series of optimstic bulletins reporting steady improvement in Patton's condition.After the initial shock of the broken neck, the tough soldier who led the U. S. Third Arm;* across Europe in the victorious drive against Germany rallied rapidly and began edging back from the shadow of death into which he was cast by the collision ol his automobile and an army truck a week ago Sunday
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Linton Daily Citizen
Linton, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 21, 1945
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