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The true story of the Patton Prayer: the author of General Patton's famous Third Army Prayer reveals the story of its origin, paying tribute both to the general's trust in God and to the power of faith-filled prayer.(History--Faith In Action)
Many conflicting and some untrue stories have been printed about General [George S.] Patton and the Third Army Prayer. Some have had the tinge of blasphemy and disrespect for the Deity. Even in War As I Knew It by General Patton, the footnote on the Prayer by Col. Paul D. Harkins, Patton's Deputy Chief of Staff, while containing the elements of a funny story about the General and his Chaplain, is not the true account of the prayer incident or its sequence.
As the Chief Chaplain of the Third Army throughout the five campaigns on the Staff of General Patton, I should have some knowledge of the event because at the direction of General Patton I composed the now ...
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