The fact that his men were willing to shoot a 3star general for simply pissing in their commander’s foxhole tells you all you need to know about him

Terry is a great example of how to be a true leader.

Terry was choosing on merit unlike today with unearned TV generals and DEI.

ember we DO have more leaders like this, but the misfits and exceptionals are the only ones that got recorded.

"Teddy One Shot".

Now that's one awesome second in command. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the powers that be found out he got "permission" (no comment)  to land on D-Day.

the most horrifying thing in world war two wouldve been sticking terry allen in charge of the old bastards... japan would've been taken over in weeks

Well if he served with Patton then he served with my grandfather. My grandfather was a sergeant directly under Patton

Second Armored wasn't at Fort Riley, they were at Fort Hood where I was born, and got sadly deactivated many years ago.  ...My father was not amused.

Patton was a great general, he really is, but i can't say the same with Omar Bradley 😅

Fighting at night was absolutely a thing in World War 1 it's just that certain armies didn't really do it and had policies against it like the Americans. Canadians though had specific divisions that only fought at night. Canadians fielded a lot of storm troops and they would go way down the line at night sneak into the trenches and fight their way through primarily with melee weapons. You can look up some of the exploits of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment if you'd like to know a bit more. My great-great-grandfather fun with the Canadian Corps and we don't know exactly what he did during the war because he never talked about it with his kids or anything but we have a lot of his medals. The man was a badass and definitely did night raids. William Henry MacKay Jr. 3rd infantry battalion Canadian Corps.

The 104th was reactivated and I served in it

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Nuf said.

Night fighting back in the day was considered undignified.

You should watch the old bastards and the angles rescue