George H. Bush the 41st President of the United States was the last American President of the World War 2 generation. George H. Bush was a true war hero. What makes a war hero does just wearing a uniform make a war hero? Today I’m going share my thoughts on what makes a war hero and what is not a war hero. Today’s song is the Theme from Patton it’s one of the best movie themes and sets the tone for the movie. Parts of the theme is played throughout the movie and the theme becomes part of the movie.
My generation grew up watching war movies and Patton is my favorite. Patton is my favorite because of on scene that always reminds me of my Granddaddy. It’s the scene where Patton slaps the soldier calling him a coward. I don’t have to describe the scene to you because thanks to the internet you can watch the scene below. How did people make it before the internet?
Every time I see this scene I think of Granddaddy. People who knew Granddaddy may say well there’s no way that Doc Inman was anything like General Patton. But they didn’t Granddaddy like I did. Granddaddy didn’t like going to the VA hospital in Muskogee not because of the drive or the long wait no what upset Granddaddy was being in a building full of cowards! Those sorry drunks and drug addicts well they aren’t nothing but cowards. That hospital belongs to men of honor not a bunch of cowards. I heard that from my Granddaddy quit often. I know for a few of you this is sounding very familiar, you may say yes that sounds just like my Granddad. In World War 2 there was no such thing as PTSD you either fought or you died but you never run away. If you did ran there was a great chance you would be shot and it wasn’t the Germans you had to worry about. Granddaddy was in The Battle of the Bulge he was wounded by a German grenade, after he was hit, he was riding on a disabled tank with other wounded soldiers when the tank crested a hill and on the other side as Granddaddy said there nothing over that hill but Germans. So Granddaddy spent the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War. There is a lesson here on how Granddaddy was captured because you see when that tank went over that little hill the Germans could had open fire and killed all of them. No one would ever known the difference so why didn’t they? Maybe it was that those German soldiers were also Men of Honor and they didn’t kill the defendless wounded soldiers.
I’m going to rewrite the slapping scene from Patton. In my version George H. Bush is there with John McCain, I know he was in a different war but this is my version so I can wright it anyway I want. Patton walks over to a soldier sitting on the bed. Patton asks soldier what’s your name and he replied on my name’s Donald! Patton says why are here? On I’ve got bone spurs. You got what? Bone spurs their in my heels and wearing combat boots hurts my feet. Then Donald whispers to Patton see that guy over there he was captured not a war hero. Now you can’t fight because your feet hurt? On the combat boots are so uncomfortable they didn’t brother that much when I was in military school but now they make me really uncomfortable. Is that all that’s wrong you is your feet. Then Donald whispers come closer. and then he whispers I can’t get killed because someday I’m going to be the Commander in Chief. Then Patton stood up and said “This soldier really does belong in a hospital!”