San Marino in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
George S. Patton, Jr. Memorial
1885 - 1945
Photographed By Craig Baker, June 18, 2019
1. George S. Patton, Jr. Marker
Inscription.
George S. Patton, Jr. Memorial. The descendant of a distinguished pioneer family and son of San Marino’s first Mayor, General Patton, a “spit and polish soldier” became one of the most brilliant, decisive and aggressive military commanders in American History. He was born and raised on the family ranch adjacent to what is now the Huntington Library. After attending primary schools in Pasadena and overcoming dyslexia, he attended Virginia Military Institute before entry into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1909. In the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm Sweden, Patton, a member of the U.S. Team, excelled in the Pentathlon. In his early Army career he served as aide to General John J. Pershing during the 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition. In World War I, he was wounded while leading a combat tank corps advance with reckless courage. In World War II, as commander of the Western Task Force and Seventh Army, he led his troops to victory in North Africa and Sicily. Then as Commander of the Third Army firmly established his military genius by landing and advancing through France to ultimate victory in Germany. At war’s end General Patton was assigned Command of the Fifteenth Army and charged with compiling the military history of the U.S. Forces from D-Day to Allied Victory. Dedicated, devout, profane, flamboyant and sometimes controversial, General Patton was a man for his time and a true American hero. At his own request, he is buried alongside fallen comrades in the American Military Cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg.
The descendant of a distinguished pioneer family and son of San Marino’s first Mayor, General
Patton, a “spit and polish soldier” became one of the most brilliant, decisive and aggressive military commanders in American History. He was born and raised on the family ranch adjacent to what is now the Huntington Library. After attending primary schools in Pasadena and overcoming dyslexia, he attended Virginia Military Institute before entry into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1909. In the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm Sweden, Patton, a member of the U.S. Team, excelled in the Pentathlon. In his early Army career he served as aide to General John
J. Pershing during the 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition. In World War I, he was wounded while
leading a combat tank corps advance with reckless courage. In World War II, as commander of the
Western Task Force and Seventh Army, he led his troops to victory in North Africa and Sicily. Then
as Commander of the Third Army firmly established his military genius by landing and advancing
through France to ultimate victory in Germany. At war’s end General Patton was assigned Command
of the Fifteenth Army and charged with compiling the military history of the U.S. Forces from D-Day to Allied Victory. Dedicated, devout, profane, flamboyant and sometimes controversial,
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General
Patton was a man for his time and a true American hero. At his own request, he is buried
alongside fallen comrades in the American Military Cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg.
Location. 34° 7.216′ N, 118° 7.257′ W. Marker is in San Marino, California, in Los Angeles County. Memorial can be reached from Virginia Road, 0.2 miles north of Huntington Drive, on the left when traveling north. Located in Lacy Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1485 Virginia Road, San Marino CA 91108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 29, 2015
4. George S. Patton, Jr.
This 1945 portrait of George Patton by Boleslaw Jan Czedekowski hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 89 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 4. submitted on June 21, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.