Patton's Revolver

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

The version I read said Patton referred to his S&W 357 as his "killling gun", though there's no evidence he ever fired it in action, unlike the Colt.
My 7th Grade French teacher 1961-1962 said he had an uncle in the Villa Expedition.

 

[DWalt]

The Villa Punitive Expedition was one of the more significant military actions in modern history, and is considered by many historians as to have been a dress rehearsal for US combat participation during WWI. It was the first American military action in which automatic weapons, aircraft, and motorized vehicles played a major role, and the first armed US military response to a surprise invasion of the homeland. Too bad it wasn't more successful.

 

[soFlaNative]

Here's a good shot of GP and revolver.

I've seen sharks smile like that pic of both Patton and Montgomery.

 

[Absalom]

So far, nobody seems to have mentioned Patton's "dress gun". As I'm sure everybody is aware, general officers were issued a Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless in.380. Patton had replacement stocks on his with ivory inlays of the number of his general's stars.

 

[M29since14]

I've seen sharks smile like that pic of both Patton and Montgomery.

And General Bradley!

It's a great picture. The proverbial "moment in time" and "worth a thousand words" - both in one image.

 

[Absalom]

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For those interested in Pershing's 1916 Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa (birth name: Doroteo Arango) there is a truly excellent and detailed book on the topic entitled The Great Pursuit(1970) by Herbert Molloy Mason. Jr.
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In addition, another excellent book I can recommend for the bigger picture is "Intervention! The United States and the Mexican Revolution 1913 - 1917" by John S.D. Eisenhower.

Before I read this book (it's 1990s vintage), I never really understood the whole complicated mess that was the revolutionary period in Mexico while the world was "distracted" by the Balkans and WW I.

Eisenhower was Ike's son, and a career Army officer and military historian. He really puts the whole story in a context that makes sense from a US military and political perspective.

 

[Muley Gil]

"...he had to have had them specially fitted to the flanges of the adaptor."

The first S&W grip adapter had side plates that covered both sides of the grip frame. Using standard Magna grips with the grip adapter left a gap behind the horns of the grips. Magnas had to be thinned to be fitted over the adapter.