This is CBS I In The World. I'm John Batsworth, Professor Lloyd Clark, whose

notebook is the commanders, the leadership journeys of George Patton, Bernard McCummery,

and Erwin Rommel. We go to Patton at war, but surprisingly not at war in the great war

on Europe. You will remember that the US did not enter that war until 1917. However,

Patton in 1916 found his way on to the expeditionary force led by John Pershing in New Mexico.

What's striking about this with all the time they had on their hands is that Patton wound

up making what he called a vehicle attack on one of Pontio V's lieutenants, Julio Cardanis,

and surprising to me, Professor, at this point, Patton has this imagination that I'm going

to be a hero, and he kills the man. He shoots him dead. He launches the attack. Did the

death in any way show up in his writing to his parents at this time? Did he pause about

it? Shooting a man is different than imagining it.

I don't think it prayed on his mind at all. This is a man who, from his first days in the

army, sought action, sought to be a hero and was willing to do whatever it took to be

successful. However, that might be defined. Just getting onto the expedition to Mexico,

he was not backwards in coming forwards. He was always innovating. He was always pushing

the boundaries. Therefore, he recognized that he would have to take risks. If warfare was

about anything, it was about defeating the enemy. If, therefore, somebody got in his way and he

had to kill him, that was just the price that people paid. He was willing to be the person

that pulled the tree up when it was required. He gained fame at this moment, at least in the

newspapers. He was dubbed the Bandit Killer. He was also someone already preaching cavalry tactics,

which I write down as mobility, boldness, and aggression. They haven't invented the tank yet,

but he's already talking like a tank commander. Yes, absolutely. It seems to be that the tank was

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