Changes

==World War I==

==World War I==

Patton served with General [[John J. Pershing]] in Mexico and accompanied him to France in the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] (AEF) upon American entry into World War I in 1917. There he showed interest in the mobility and firepower of a new invention, tank, capable of crossing trenches, pushing through barbed wire, and shielding soldiers inside from machine gun bullets and (some) artillery fragments. He established a tank training school (the couterpart of a traininbg center run by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the States).  Patton organized the First Tank Brigade, which he commanded in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Wounded during the latter action, he saw no further active service in World War I.

Patton served with General [[John J. Pershing]] in Mexico and accompanied him to France in the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] (AEF) upon American entry into World War I in 1917. There he showed interest in the mobility and firepower of a new invention, tank, capable of crossing trenches, pushing through barbed wire, and shielding soldiers inside from machine gun bullets and (some) artillery fragments. He established a tank training school (the couterpart of a traininbg center run by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the States).  Patton organized the First Tank Brigade, which he commanded in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Wounded during the latter action, he saw no further active service in World War I.

[[File:George Patton 1918.jpg|left|200px|thumb|George Patton in France in 1918]]

[[File:George Patton 1918.jpg|left|300px|thumb|George Patton in France in 1918]]

Between the wars, Patton recognized the advantages of the tank but his superiors did not; the tank units were disbanded and he was reassigned to the cavalry.

Between the wars, Patton recognized the advantages of the tank but his superiors did not; the tank units were disbanded and he was reassigned to the cavalry.